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)