Chapter 58 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 58

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 58.50

अवाच्यं वदतो जिह्वा कथं न पतिता तव। किंस्विद्वीर्यं तवानार्य यो मां भर्तुरसंनिधौ॥ अपहृत्यागतः पाप तेनादृष्टो महात्मना।

avācyaṃ vadato jihvā kathaṃ na patitā tava| kiṃsvidvīryaṃ tavānārya yo māṃ bharturasaṃnidhau|| apahṛtyāgataḥ pāpa tenādṛṣṭo mahātmanā|

English Meaning

Fie upon the prowess of you that, O wretch, had carried me off while my husband was away; and not being seen of that high-souled one.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)