Chapter 58 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 58

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 58.74

एतच्छ्रुत्वा विदित्वा च सीता जनकनन्दिनी। आह रावणमुत्पाट्य राघवो मां नयत्विति॥ . प्रणम्य शिरसा देवीमहमार्यामनिन्दिताम्। राघवस्य मनोह्लादमभिज्ञानमयाचिषम् ॥

etacchrutvā viditvā ca sītā janakanandinī| āha rāvaṇamutpāṭya rāghavo māṃ nayatviti|| . praṇamya śirasā devīmahamāryāmaninditām| rāghavasya manohlādamabhijñānamayāciṣam ||

English Meaning

Hearing this and revolving within herself Sītā, Janaka's daughter, replied.-Discomfiting Rāvaņa, may Rāghava himself carry me hence,' And bowing my head to that worshipful and blameless dame, I wanted of her a token as might conduce to Rāghava's pleasure.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)