Chapter 2 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 2

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 2.22

केनोपायेन पश्येयं मैथिली जनकात्मजाम्। अदृष्टो राक्षसेन्द्रेण रावणेन दुरात्मना॥

kenopāyena paśyeyaṃ maithilī janakātmajām| adṛṣṭo rākṣasendreṇa rāvaṇena durātmanā||

English Meaning

How can I, without being discovered by the impious lord of Rākşasas, Rāvana, succeed in seeing Janaka's daughter, Maithili?

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)