Chapter 85 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 85

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 85.9

उद्यमः क्रियतां वीर हर्षः समुपसेव्यताम्। प्राप्तव्या यदि ते सीता हन्तव्याश्च निशाचराः॥

udyamaḥ kriyatāṃ vīra harṣaḥ samupasevyatām| prāptavyā yadi te sītā hantavyāśca niśācarāḥ||

English Meaning

If you are to have Sītā, and if the nightrangers are to be slain by you, do you, Raghu's son, listen to my profitable speech.

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)