Chapter 13 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 13

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 13.14

इत्यहं तस्य शापस्य भीतः प्रसभमेव ताम्। नारोहये बलात्सीतां वैदेहीं शयने शुभे॥

ityahaṃ tasya śāpasya bhītaḥ prasabhameva tām| nārohaye balātsītāṃ vaidehīṃ śayane śubhe||

English Meaning

It is for this, that with my mind afflicted with fear, I do not violently force, Videha's daughter Sītā, anent lying with her fair self.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)