Chapter 4 — Kishkindha Kanda, Sarga 4

Valmiki Ramayana — Kishkindha Kanda

Verse 4.13

सुखार्हस्य महार्हस्य सर्वभूतहितात्मनः। श्वर्येण विह, नस्य वनवासे रतस्य च॥ रक्षसापहृता भार्या रहिते कामरूपिणा। तच्च न ज्ञायते रक्षः पत्नी येनास्य वा हृता॥

sukhārhasya mahārhasya sarvabhūtahitātmanaḥ| śvaryeṇa viha, nasya vanavāse ratasya ca|| rakṣasāpahṛtā bhāryā rahite kāmarūpiṇā| tacca na jñāyate rakṣaḥ patnī yenāsya vā hṛtā||

English Meaning

Worthy of happiness, homage, and intent upon the welfare of all beings, deprived of wealth and living in the forest, he has his wife carried off by a Rākşasa, wearing shapes at will. Nor have we yet (been able) to ascertain who is that Rākşasa that has carried off his wife.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)