Chapter 13 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 13

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 13.59

स क्षिप्तोऽयं मयाऽऽत्मा च रामार्थे रावणस्य च। सिद्धिं दिशन्तु मे सर्वे देवाः सर्षिगणास्त्विह॥

sa kṣipto'yaṃ mayā''tmā ca rāmārthe rāvaṇasya ca| siddhiṃ diśantu me sarve devāḥ sarṣigaṇāstviha||

English Meaning

I contract my person in the interests of Rāma, and in order that Rāvana may not see me. May all the deities along with the saints confer success on me.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)