Chapter 27 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 27

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 27.37

ततः सा ह्रीमती बाला भर्तुर्विजयहर्षिता। अवोचद् यदि तत् तथ्यं भवेयं शरणं हि वः।॥

tataḥ sā hrīmatī bālā bharturvijayaharṣitā| avocad yadi tat tathyaṃ bhaveyaṃ śaraṇaṃ hi vaḥ|||

English Meaning

Thereupon that modest dame, dame, greatly delighted in the prospective conquest of her husband, said, “If this be true I shall save you all.”

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)