Chapter 19 — Bala Kanda, Sarga 19

Valmiki Ramayana — Bala Kanda

Verse 19.4

अहं नियममातिष्ठे सिद्ध्यर्थं पुरुषर्षभ। तस्य विघ्नकरौ द्वौ तु राक्षसौ कामरूपिणौ॥

ahaṃ niyamamātiṣṭhe siddhyarthaṃ puruṣarṣabha| tasya vighnakarau dvau tu rākṣasau kāmarūpiṇau||

English Meaning

For celebrating a sacrifice, I, O foremost of men, abide by some prescribed course. And it comes to pass that two Rākşasas assuming shapes at will, have become bent upon disturbing the ceremony.

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)