Chapter 59 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 59

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 59.18

रिपुः प्रच्छन्नचारी त्वं मदर्थमनुगच्छसि। राघवस्यान्तरं प्रेप्सुस्तथैनं नाभिपद्यसे॥

ripuḥ pracchannacārī tvaṃ madarthamanugacchasi| rāghavasyāntaraṃ prepsustathainaṃ nābhipadyase||

English Meaning

A foe going about in disguise, you follow Rāma for my sake, prying into Rāghava's draw backs; and it is for this that you do not go (to him)?

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)