Chapter 12 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 12

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 12.18

प्रतीक्षमाणा भर्तारं राममायतलोचना। तन्मया चारुनेत्रायाः प्रतिज्ञातं वचः शुभम्॥

pratīkṣamāṇā bhartāraṃ rāmamāyatalocanā| tanmayā cārunetrāyāḥ pratijñātaṃ vacaḥ śubham||

English Meaning

Expecting her lord, Rāma, the beautiful one having expansive eyes, has solicited for a year's space; and I have pledged my fair woods to her of graceful eyes.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)