Chapter 116 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 116

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 116.9

मदधीनं तु यत्तन्मे हृदयं त्वयि वर्तते। पराधीनेषु गात्रेषु किं करिष्याम्यनीश्वरी॥

madadhīnaṃ tu yattanme hṛdayaṃ tvayi vartate| parādhīneṣu gātreṣu kiṃ kariṣyāmyanīśvarī||

English Meaning

My heart is under my control and that is in you;-and what could I do of my body which was subject to another and of which I was not the mistress.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)