Chapter 48 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 48

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 48.42

ग्रहणे चापि रक्षोभिर्महन्मे गणदर्शनम्। राक्षसेन्द्रेण संवादस्तस्माद् गृह्णन्तु मां परे॥

grahaṇe cāpi rakṣobhirmahanme gaṇadarśanam| rākṣasendreṇa saṃvādastasmād gṛhṇantu māṃ pare||

English Meaning

It will be better if I am carried off by the Rākşasas, for I shall reap very great benefit by my conversation with the lord of Rākşasas.

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)