Chapter 9 — Uttara Kanda, Sarga 9

Valmiki Ramayana — Uttara Kanda

Verse 9.4

पुत्रि प्रदानकालोऽयं यौवन व्यतिवर्तते। प्रत्याख्यानाच्च भीतैस्त्वं न वरैः परिगृह्यसे॥

putri pradānakālo'yaṃ yauvana vyativartate| pratyākhyānācca bhītaistvaṃ na varaiḥ parigṛhyase||

English Meaning

O daughter, the time has come when I should give you away. Your youth is about to be passed. (Kept back) by the fear of refusal, no suiter has sought you (up to his time).

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)