Chapter 17 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 17

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 17.8

शरीरजसमाविष्टा राक्षसी राममब्रवीत्। जटी तापसवेषेण सभार्यः शरचापधृक् ॥ आगतस्त्वमिमं देशं कथं राक्षससेवितम्। किमागमनकृत्यं ते तत्त्वमाख्यातुमर्हसि॥

śarīrajasamāviṣṭā rākṣasī rāmamabravīt| jaṭī tāpasaveṣeṇa sabhāryaḥ śaracāpadhṛk || āgatastvamimaṃ deśaṃ kathaṃ rākṣasasevitam| kimāgamanakṛtyaṃ te tattvamākhyātumarhasi||

English Meaning

That Rākşasī being wrought up with passion addressed Rāma saying Wearing matted locks, and equipped with bows and arrows, why hast you along with your wife come to this region haunted by Rākșasas? It behove you to say "what the object of your visit is."

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)