Chapter 17 — Uttara Kanda, Sarga 17

Valmiki Ramayana — Uttara Kanda

Verse 17.4

किमिदं वर्तसे भद्रे विरुद्धं यौवनस्य ते। नहि युक्ता तवैतस्य रूपस्यैव प्रतिक्रिया।४॥

kimidaṃ vartase bhadre viruddhaṃ yauvanasya te| nahi yuktā tavaitasya rūpasyaiva pratikriyā|4||

English Meaning

How is it, o amiable one, that you act thus contrary to your youth? This course of life surely does not befit your beauty.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)