Chapter 42 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 42

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 42.8

यूयमेवास्य जानीत योऽयं यद् वा करिष्यति। अहिरेव अहे: पादान्विजानाति न संशयः॥

yūyamevāsya jānīta yo'yaṃ yad vā kariṣyati| ahireva ahe: pādānvijānāti na saṃśayaḥ||

English Meaning

You know who he is and what he does. Serpents, without doubt, know the way of serpents.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)