Chapter 34 — Kishkindha Kanda, Sarga 34

Valmiki Ramayana — Kishkindha Kanda

Verse 34.14

स त्वं ग्राम्येषु भोगेषु सक्तो मिथ्याप्रतिश्रवः। न त्वां रामो विजानीते सधैं मण्डूकराविणम्॥

sa tvaṃ grāmyeṣu bhogeṣu sakto mithyāpratiśravaḥ| na tvāṃ rāmo vijānīte sadhaiṃ maṇḍūkarāviṇam||

English Meaning

But, of false promises, you had been indulging in gross enjoyments,-nor does Rāma know you for a serpent, croaking like a frog*. *Crying through the voice of the frog in its mouth. Another meaning is, croaking like a frog, to allure frog to it.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)