Chapter 42 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 42

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 42.9

अहमप्यतिभीतास्मि नैव जानामि को ह्यहम्। वेद्मि राक्षसमेवैनं कामरूपिणमागतम्॥

ahamapyatibhītāsmi naiva jānāmi ko hyaham| vedmi rākṣasamevainaṃ kāmarūpiṇamāgatam||

English Meaning

And, furthermore, I am very much frightened, nor know I who that one is. I take him to be a Rākşasa, who has come here through his capacity to put on any shape.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)