Chapter 59 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 59

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 59.3

आर्यायाः सदृशं शीलं सीतायाः प्लवगर्षभाः। तपसा धारयेल्लोकान् क्रुद्धा वा निर्दहेदपि॥

āryāyāḥ sadṛśaṃ śīlaṃ sītāyāḥ plavagarṣabhāḥ| tapasā dhārayellokān kruddhā vā nirdahedapi||

English Meaning

O heroic monkeys, Sītā has been keeping the life of a highly chaste damsel. She can maintain the animated creation by virtue of her asceticism and burn it with her ire.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)