Chapter 64 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 64

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 64.27

पितृपैतामहं चैतत् पूर्वकैरभिरक्षितम्। न मे मधुवनं हन्याददृष्ट्वा जनकात्मजाम्॥

pitṛpaitāmahaṃ caitat pūrvakairabhirakṣitam| na me madhuvanaṃ hanyādadṛṣṭvā janakātmajām||

English Meaning

Without beholding the daughter of the king Janaka they would not have dared to destroy Madhuvana obtained and preserved by my forefathers.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)