Verse 18·VR 6.118.18

न च शक्तः सुदुष्टत्मा मनसापि हि मैथिलीम् | प्रधर्षयितुमप्राप्यां दीप्तामग्निशिखामिव || ६-११८-१८

neya marhati chaishvaryaM raavaNaantaHpure shubhaa | ananyaa hi mayaa siitaa bhaaskareNa prabhaa yathaa || 6-118-19

Translation

"The evil-minded Ravana was not able to lay his violent hands, even in thought, o the unobtainable Seetha, who was blazing like a flaming tongue of fire."

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suduShTaatmaa

the evil-minded Ravana

na cha shaktaH

was not even able

pradharShayitum

to lay his violent hands

manasaapi

even in thought

apraapyaam maithiliim

on the unobtainable Seetha

diiptaam

who was blazing

agnishikhaamiva

like a flaming tongue of fire.

Chapter context

118

The Fire-god Appears in Person from the Burning Pyre

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