Verse 20·VR 3.37.20

न सा धर्षयितुम् शक्या मैथिली ओजस्विनः प्रिया | दीप्तस्य इव हुत आशस्य शिखा सीता सुमध्यमा || ३-३७-२०

jiivitam ca sukham caiva raajyam caiva sudurlabham | yat icchhasi ciram bhok{}tum maa kR^ithaa raama vipriyam || 3-37-22

Translation

"As the spire of blazing ritual fire cannot be abused, so also, she that curvaceous Maithili, the cherished wife of that dynamic Rama, is an impossibility for any abuse. [3-37-20]

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Mareecha's Advice to Ravana

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