Chapter 17 — Uttara Kanda, Sarga 17

Valmiki Ramayana — Uttara Kanda

Verse 17.3

स दृष्ट्वा रूपसंपन्नां कन्यां तां सुमहाव्रताम्। काममोहपरीतात्मा पप्रच्छ प्रहसन्निव॥

sa dṛṣṭvā rūpasaṃpannāṃ kanyāṃ tāṃ sumahāvratām| kāmamohaparītātmā papraccha prahasanniva||

English Meaning

Seeing the girl observing high vows, endowed with beauty, he, with his soul overwhelmed with lust asked her, laughing.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)