Chapter 34 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 34

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 34.14

स्वं परित्यज्य रूपं यः परिव्राजकरूपवान्। जनस्थाने मया दृष्टस्त्वं स एव हि रावणः॥

svaṃ parityajya rūpaṃ yaḥ parivrājakarūpavān| janasthāne mayā dṛṣṭastvaṃ sa eva hi rāvaṇaḥ||

English Meaning

You are surely that Rāvana, whom I saw at Janasthāna, in a mendicant's guise, renouncing his own shape.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)