Chapter 2 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 2

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 2.31

तदहं स्वेण रूपेण रजन्यां ह्रस्वतां गतः। लङ्कामभिपतिष्यामि राघवस्यार्थसिद्धये॥

tadahaṃ sveṇa rūpeṇa rajanyāṃ hrasvatāṃ gataḥ| laṅkāmabhipatiṣyāmi rāghavasyārthasiddhaye||

English Meaning

Therefore, diminishing myself, I shall at night, for compassing the welfare of Rāghava, enter Lankā is my own form.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)