Chapter 17 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 17

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 17.13

त्वां तु वेदितुमिच्छामि कस्य त्वं कासि कस्य वा। त्वं हि तावन्मनोज्ञाङ्गी राक्षसी प्रतिभासि मे ॥ इह वा किंनिमित्तं त्वमागता ब्रूहि तत्त्वतः।

tvāṃ tu veditumicchāmi kasya tvaṃ kāsi kasya vā| tvaṃ hi tāvanmanojñāṅgī rākṣasī pratibhāsi me || iha vā kiṃnimittaṃ tvamāgatā brūhi tattvataḥ|

English Meaning

I also am anxious to know you. Whose daughter are you? And what is your name, and what your lineage? Possessed of a captivating form, you appear to me as a Rākşasī. Tell me truly why you have come here. to

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)