Chapter 115 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 115

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 115.19

रावणाङ्कपरिक्लिष्टां दृष्टां दुष्टेन चक्षुषा। कथं त्वां पुनरादद्यां कुलं व्यपदिशन्महत्॥

rāvaṇāṅkaparikliṣṭāṃ dṛṣṭāṃ duṣṭena cakṣuṣā| kathaṃ tvāṃ punarādadyāṃ kulaṃ vyapadiśanmahat||

English Meaning

You were taken by Rāvana on his lap, beheld by him with sinful eyes; how can I, taking you back, bring disgrace upon my great family?

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)