Chapter 38 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 38

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 38.52

प्रतिगृह्य ततो वीरो मणिरत्नमनुत्तमम्। अङ्गुल्या योजयामास नह्यस्य प्राभवद्भुजः॥

pratigṛhya tato vīro maṇiratnamanuttamam| aṅgulyā yojayāmāsa nahyasya prābhavadbhujaḥ||

English Meaning

Then taking that best of gems, the hero tried to fix it on this finger, but it did not enter into it. (Another meaning is, “But fearing discovery on account of the brilliance of the jewel, he desisted").

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)