Chapter 42 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 42

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 42.18

तस्योग्ररूपस्योग्रं त्वं दण्डमाज्ञातुमर्हसि। सीता सम्भाषिता येन वनं तेन विनाशितम्॥ मनः परिगृहीतां तां तव रक्षोगणेश्वर। कः सीतामभिभाषेत यो न स्यात् त्यक्तजीवितः॥

tasyograrūpasyograṃ tvaṃ daṇḍamājñātumarhasi| sītā sambhāṣitā yena vanaṃ tena vināśitam|| manaḥ parigṛhītāṃ tāṃ tava rakṣogaṇeśvara| kaḥ sītāmabhibhāṣeta yo na syāt tyaktajīvitaḥ||

English Meaning

It behove you to order sharp chastisement to be inflicted on that one of a fierce form, who, having carried on converse with Sītā, has laid your wood waste. Who, O Sovereign of the Rākşasas, that has not his life served from him, converse with Sītā, who has captivated your heart?"

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)