Canto 3 -
Araṇya-kāṇḍa
Chapter 56: Sītā is Taken to Aśoka-vana
Text 3.57.5
प्रत्यक्षं यद्यहं तस्य त्वया स्यां धर्षिता बलात्।
शयिता त्वं हतः सङ्ख्ये जनस्थाने यथा खरः॥
pratyakṣaṁ yady ahaṁ tasya tvayā syāṁ dharṣitā balāt
śayitā tvaṁ hataḥ saṅkhye janasthāne yathā kharaḥ
pratyakṣam = in His presence; yadi = if; aham = me; tasya = His; tvayā = you; syām = had; dharṣitā = abducted; balāt = by strength; śayitā = and would be lying dead; tvam = you; hataḥ = would have been slain; saṅkhye = in battle; janasthāne = in Janasthāna; yathā = like; kharaḥ = Khara.
If you had abducted me in His presence, you would have been slain in battle by His strength and would be lying dead like Khara in Janasthāna.