Chapter 16 — Uttara Kanda, Sarga 16

Valmiki Ramayana — Uttara Kanda

Verse 16.15

केन प्रभावेण भवा नित्यं क्रीडति राजवत्। विज्ञातव्यं न जानीते भयस्थानमुपस्थितम्॥

kena prabhāveṇa bhavā nityaṃ krīḍati rājavat| vijñātavyaṃ na jānīte bhayasthānamupasthitam||

English Meaning

It must be known by what influence Bhavasvara sport here king-like. He does not know that an occasion of fear has presented itself?'

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)