Chapter 46 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 46

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 46.28

द्विजातिवेषेण समीक्ष्य मैथिली समागतं पात्रकुसुम्भधारिणम्। न्यमन्त्रयद्ब्राह्मणवत् तथागतम्॥

dvijātiveṣeṇa samīkṣya maithilī samāgataṃ pātrakusumbhadhāriṇam| nyamantrayadbrāhmaṇavat tathāgatam||

English Meaning

Seeing Rāvaņa approach with Kamandalu and wearing a red cloth under the guise of a Brāhmana, Maithelee could not pass by him any way, and considering him a twice-born one by various signs invited him as if a Brāhmana ,

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)