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)