Chapter 81 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 81

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 81.20

सीतां हत्वा तु न चिरं जीविष्यसि कथंचन। वधाहकर्मणा तेन मम हस्तगतो ह्यसि॥

sītāṃ hatvā tu na ciraṃ jīviṣyasi kathaṃcana| vadhāhakarmaṇā tena mama hastagato hyasi||

English Meaning

O you worthy of being slain, destroying Sītā, you shall not live long as you have been brought under me.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)