Chapter 49 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 49

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 49.20

हा लक्ष्मण महाबाहो गुरुचित्तप्रसादक। ह्रियमाणां न जानीषे रक्षसा कामरूपिणा॥

hā lakṣmaṇa mahābāho gurucittaprasādaka| hriyamāṇāṃ na jānīṣe rakṣasā kāmarūpiṇā||

English Meaning

Ah! mighty Laksmana, ever ministering to the satisfaction of your superiors, do you not know that I have been stolen away by a Rākṣasa assuming shapes at will?

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)