Chapter 2 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 2

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 2.8

विक्रमेण समानेष्ये सीतां हत्वा यथा रिपुम्। रावणं पापकर्माणं तथा त्वं कर्तुमर्हसि॥

vikrameṇa samāneṣye sītāṃ hatvā yathā ripum| rāvaṇaṃ pāpakarmāṇaṃ tathā tvaṃ kartumarhasi||

English Meaning

It behove you so to arrange things that, slaying the foe, Rāvana of impious acts, we may bring higher Sītā by our own prowess.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)