Chapter 13 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 13

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 13.62

क्षुद्रेण हीनेन नृशंसमूर्तिना सुदारुणालंकृतवेषधारिणा। बलाभिभूता ह्यबला तपस्विनी कथं नु मे दृष्टिपथेऽद्य सा भवेत्॥

kṣudreṇa hīnena nṛśaṃsamūrtinā sudāruṇālaṃkṛtaveṣadhāriṇā| balābhibhūtā hyabalā tapasvinī kathaṃ nu me dṛṣṭipathe'dya sā bhavet||

English Meaning

Ah! today how shall feeble forlorn one that has been borne down by the force of the mean, abject and grim-visaged (Ravana), fierce yet wearing (at the time of the rape), a dress tending to inspire confidence, come in my sight?

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)