Chapter 9 — Uttara Kanda, Sarga 9

Valmiki Ramayana — Uttara Kanda

Verse 9.16

सा तु तद्वचनं श्रुत्वा प्रणिपत्याब्रवीद्वचः॥ भगवन्नीदृशान्पुत्रांस्त्वत्ताऽहं ब्रह्मवादिनः। नेच्छामि सुदुराचारान्प्रसादं कर्तुमर्हसि॥

sā tu tadvacanaṃ śrutvā praṇipatyābravīdvacaḥ|| bhagavannīdṛśānputrāṃstvattā'haṃ brahmavādinaḥ| necchāmi sudurācārānprasādaṃ kartumarhasi||

English Meaning

Hearing his speech, she, bowing down, said, 'O reverend (ascetic), such sons of terrific ways seek I not from you that follow the Veda. Therefore it behoves you to favour me.'

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)