Chapter 2 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 2

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 2.18

अनेन रूपेण मया न शक्या रक्षसां पुरी। प्रवेष्टुं राक्षसैर्गुप्ता क्रूरैर्बलसमन्वितैः॥

anena rūpeṇa mayā na śakyā rakṣasāṃ purī| praveṣṭuṃ rākṣasairguptā krūrairbalasamanvitaiḥ||

English Meaning

I cannot in this form succeed in entering the city of the Rākşasas, guarded by wily and powerful Rākṣasas.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)