Chapter 54 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 54

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 54.13

अब्रवीच्च दशग्रीवः पिशाची?रदर्शनाः॥ यथा नैनां पुमान् स्त्री वा सीतां पश्यत्यसम्मतः।

abravīcca daśagrīvaḥ piśācī?radarśanāḥ|| yathā naināṃ pumān strī vā sītāṃ paśyatyasammataḥ|

English Meaning

Then the Ten-headed one spoke to some female friends of terrible visages, Let no man or woman behold Sītā without my permission.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)