Chapter 40 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 40

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 40.6

स वीर्यवान् कथं सीतां हृतां समनुमन्यसे। वसन्ती रक्षसां मध्ये महेन्द्रवरुणोपम॥

sa vīryavān kathaṃ sītāṃ hṛtāṃ samanumanyase| vasantī rakṣasāṃ madhye mahendravaruṇopama||

English Meaning

Why, O you endowed with prowess, resembling Indra the Great or Varuņa, do you disregard the ravished Sītā, sitting in the midst of Raksasa?

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)