Chapter 26 — Uttara Kanda, Sarga 26

Valmiki Ramayana — Uttara Kanda

Verse 26.15

तां समुत्थाय गच्छन्ती कामबाणवशं गतः। करे गृहीत्वा लज्जन्तीं स्मयमानोऽभ्यभाषत ॥

tāṃ samutthāya gacchantī kāmabāṇavaśaṃ gataḥ| kare gṛhītvā lajjantīṃ smayamāno'bhyabhāṣata ||

English Meaning

Having got up and been influenced by lust he took her, shameful as she was, by the hand and smiling said.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)