Chapter 118 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 118

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 118.15

नेयमर्हति वैक्लव्यं रावणान्तःपुरे सती। अनन्या हि मया सीता भास्करस्य प्रभा यथा।॥

neyamarhati vaiklavyaṃ rāvaṇāntaḥpure satī| ananyā hi mayā sītā bhāskarasya prabhā yathā|||

English Meaning

Her mind could not have been moved although she lived in the inner apartment of Rāvaņa-she belongs to none else; Sītā is mine as the rays belong to the Sun.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)