Chapter 83 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 83

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 83.39

त्वयि प्रवजिते वीर गुरोश्च वचने स्थिते। रक्षसापहता भार्या प्राणैः प्रियतरा तव॥

tvayi pravajite vīra gurośca vacane sthite| rakṣasāpahatā bhāryā prāṇaiḥ priyatarā tava||

English Meaning

O hero, you having abode by the words of your superior and having come (to the forest), your wife dearer then life itself has been ravished by Rākṣasas.

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)