Chapter 26 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 26

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 26.16

इहस्थां मां न जानीते शङ्के लक्ष्मणपूर्वजः। जानन्नपि स तेजस्वी धर्षणां मर्षयिष्यति ॥

ihasthāṃ māṃ na jānīte śaṅke lakṣmaṇapūrvajaḥ| jānannapi sa tejasvī dharṣaṇāṃ marṣayiṣyati ||

English Meaning

Methinks Rāma dose not know that I am here, or else, powerful as he is, he would not have put up with this insult.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)