Chapter 46 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 46

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 46.6

रामस्य त्वन्तरं प्रेप्सुर्दशग्रीवस्तदन्तरे॥ उपतस्थे च वैदेही भिक्षुरूपेण रावणः।

rāmasya tvantaraṃ prepsurdaśagrīvastadantare|| upatasthe ca vaidehī bhikṣurūpeṇa rāvaṇaḥ|

English Meaning

In the mean time the Ten-necked Rävana, enquiring about Rāma's weak points appeared before Vaidehī in the guise of a mendicant.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)