Chapter 47 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 47

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 47.1

रावणेन तु वैदेही तदा पृष्टा जिहीर्षुणा। परिव्राजकरूपेण शशंसात्मानमात्मना॥

rāvaṇena tu vaidehī tadā pṛṣṭā jihīrṣuṇā| parivrājakarūpeṇa śaśaṃsātmānamātmanā||

English Meaning

Being thus addressed by Rāvaņa under the guise of a mendicant, desirous of carrying her away Vaidehī thought within herself.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)