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)