Chapter 8 — Kishkindha Kanda, Sarga 8

Valmiki Ramayana — Kishkindha Kanda

Verse 8.33

शङ्कया त्वेतयाहं च दृष्ट्वा त्वामपि राघव। नोपसर्पाम्यहं भीतो भये सर्वे हि बिभ्यति॥

śaṅkayā tvetayāhaṃ ca dṛṣṭvā tvāmapi rāghava| nopasarpāmyahaṃ bhīto bhaye sarve hi bibhyati||

English Meaning

It was, O Rāghava, in consequence of this fear that when I (first) saw you, I did not come out. This is all the fear that oppresses me.

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)