Chapter 68 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 68

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 68.12

यथाहं तस्य वीरस्य वनादुपधिना हृता। रक्षसा तद्भयादेव तथा नार्हति राघवः॥

yathāhaṃ tasya vīrasya vanādupadhinā hṛtā| rakṣasā tadbhayādeva tathā nārhati rāghavaḥ||

English Meaning

It dose not behove the heroic Rāghava, to take me away by steal, like to Rāvaņa capturing me from the forest under a disguise.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)