Chapter 98 — Uttara Kanda, Sarga 98

Valmiki Ramayana — Uttara Kanda

Verse 98.9

आनय त्वं हि तां सीतां मत्तोऽहं मैथिलीकृते। न मे दास्यसि चेत्सीतां यथारूपां महीतले।।९ सपर्वतवनां कृत्स्नां व्यथयिष्यामि ते स्थितिम्। नाशयिष्याम्यहं भूमिं सर्वमापो भवन्त्विह॥

ānaya tvaṃ hi tāṃ sītāṃ matto'haṃ maithilīkṛte| na me dāsyasi cetsītāṃ yathārūpāṃ mahītale||9 saparvatavanāṃ kṛtsnāṃ vyathayiṣyāmi te sthitim| nāśayiṣyāmyahaṃ bhūmiṃ sarvamāpo bhavantviha||

English Meaning

I am beside myself for her; do you therefore bring back Sita. If you do not render back Sītā to me O Vasudha, I shall deluge the earth with Waters, having assailed, destroyed and drowned into water your huge compass with mountains and forests.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)