Chapter 31 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 31

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 31.13

भवस्व भद्रे भार्याणां सर्वासामीश्वरी प्रम। अल्पपुण्ये निवृत्तार्थे मूढे पण्डितमानिनि। शृणु भर्तृवधं सीते घोरं वृत्रवधं यथा॥

bhavasva bhadre bhāryāṇāṃ sarvāsāmīśvarī prama| alpapuṇye nivṛttārthe mūḍhe paṇḍitamānini| śṛṇu bhartṛvadhaṃ sīte ghoraṃ vṛtravadhaṃ yathā||

English Meaning

O meek (wench), be you the mistress of all my wives. O you of slender religious merit! O you whose object has been defeated! O you that presumes to be wise! Hearken to the destruction of your lord, like the dreadful destruction of Vrtra!

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)