Chapter 66 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 66

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 66.12

कथं सा मम सुश्रोणी भीरुभीरुः सती तदा। भयावहानां घोराणां मध्ये तिष्ठति रक्षसाम्॥

kathaṃ sā mama suśroṇī bhīrubhīruḥ satī tadā| bhayāvahānāṃ ghorāṇāṃ madhye tiṣṭhati rakṣasām||

English Meaning

How live that timid damsel, having a beautiful waist, being terrified, amidst the terrible and grim Raksasis?

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)