Chapter 111 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 111

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 111.15

अकस्माच्चाभिकामोऽसि सीतां राक्षसपुङ्गव॥ ऐश्वर्यस्य विनाशाय देहस्य स्वजनस्य च। अरुन्धत्या विशिष्टां तां रोहिण्याश्चापि दुर्मते।२०॥ सीतां धर्षयता मान्यां त्वया ह्यसदृशं कृतम्। वसुधाया हि वसुधां श्रियाः श्रीं भर्तृवत्सलाम्॥

akasmāccābhikāmo'si sītāṃ rākṣasapuṅgava|| aiśvaryasya vināśāya dehasya svajanasya ca| arundhatyā viśiṣṭāṃ tāṃ rohiṇyāścāpi durmate|20|| sītāṃ dharṣayatā mānyāṃ tvayā hyasadṛśaṃ kṛtam| vasudhāyā hi vasudhāṃ śriyāḥ śrīṃ bhartṛvatsalām||

English Meaning

O foremost of Rākşasas-0 you of a vicious understanding, for the destruction of your wealth yourself and your relatives, you did suddenly cherish amour for Sitā, greater than-Yeven) Arundhati and Rohiņi. Forsooth you did perpetrated an unbecoming deed by distressing the adorable Sitā ever devoted to her lord, an earth* even to Earth herself and a Śrī (Śrt is the goddess of wealth and good fortune-but Sitā is more fortunate than fortune herself-) even to Śrī herself. *The Earth is an emblem of patience but Sítā is more patient than the earth.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)