Chapter 17 — Uttara Kanda, Sarga 17

Valmiki Ramayana — Uttara Kanda

Verse 17.14

नारायणो मम पतिर्न त्वन्यः पुरुषोत्तमात्। आश्रये नियमं घोरं नारायणपरीप्सया॥

nārāyaṇo mama patirna tvanyaḥ puruṣottamāt| āśraye niyamaṃ ghoraṃ nārāyaṇaparīpsayā||

English Meaning

Nārāyaṇa is my husband, and not any one else than that best of male beings; and desirous of having Nārāyaṇa I have adopted severe restraints.

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)