Chapter 18 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 18

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 18.26

स तथाप्युग्रतेजाः स निर्धूतस्तस्य तेजसा। पत्रे गुह्यान्तरे सक्तो मतिमान् संवृतोऽभवत्॥

sa tathāpyugratejāḥ sa nirdhūtastasya tejasā| patre guhyāntare sakto matimān saṃvṛto'bhavat||

English Meaning

And effulgent as he was, that highly intelligent monkey hid himself on a branch covered with leaves, being unable to stand before the effulgence of that Rākșasa.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)