Chapter 45 — Uttara Kanda, Sarga 45

Valmiki Ramayana — Uttara Kanda

Verse 45.2

सर्वे शृणुत भद्रं वो मा कुरुध्वं मनोऽन्यथा। पौराणां मम सीतायां यादृशी वर्तते कथा॥

sarve śṛṇuta bhadraṃ vo mā kurudhvaṃ mano'nyathā| paurāṇāṃ mama sītāyāṃ yādṛśī vartate kathā||

English Meaning

May good betide you-do not act against my desire. Hear, what the citizens have been talking about me and Sītā.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)