Chapter 18 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 18

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 18.5

भृशं नियुक्तस्तस्यां च मदनेन मदोत्कटः। न तु तं राक्षस: कामं शशाकात्मनि गुहितुम्॥

bhṛśaṃ niyuktastasyāṃ ca madanena madotkaṭaḥ| na tu taṃ rākṣasa: kāmaṃ śaśākātmani guhitum||

English Meaning

That Raksasa, puffed up with pride, was passionately attached to her and so he could not restrain his amour in him.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)