Chapter 48 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 48

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 48.15

रक्ष राक्षसभर्तारं कामय स्वयमागतम्। न मन्यथशराविष्टं प्रत्याख्यातुं त्वमर्हसि ॥

rakṣa rākṣasabhartāraṃ kāmaya svayamāgatam| na manyathaśarāviṣṭaṃ pratyākhyātuṃ tvamarhasi ||

English Meaning

I am the lord of the whole world of Rākşasas; being pierced by the shafts of Kāma have I come by you. It does not behave you therefore to pass by me.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)