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)