Chapter 17 — Uttara Kanda, Sarga 17

Valmiki Ramayana — Uttara Kanda

Verse 17.5

रूपं तेऽनुपमं भीरु कामोन्मादकरं नृणाम्। न युक्तं तपसि स्थातुं निर्गतो ह्येष निर्णयः॥

rūpaṃ te'nupamaṃ bhīru kāmonmādakaraṃ nṛṇām| na yuktaṃ tapasi sthātuṃ nirgato hyeṣa nirṇayaḥ||

English Meaning

Your loveliness, O timid one, is peerless, capable of maddening folk with desire. It does not behove you to lead an ascetic mode of life,-this would suit an old person.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)