Chapter 2 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 2

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 2.27

मयि दृष्टे तु रक्षोभी रामस्य विदितात्मनः। भवेद् व्यर्थमिदं कार्यं रावणानर्थमिच्छतः॥

mayi dṛṣṭe tu rakṣobhī rāmasya viditātmanaḥ| bhaved vyarthamidaṃ kāryaṃ rāvaṇānarthamicchataḥ||

English Meaning

On my being seen by the Rākşasas, the work of Rāma cognizant of self, desirous of the destruction of Ravana, shall be marred.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)