Chapter 28 — Uttara Kanda, Sarga 28

Valmiki Ramayana — Uttara Kanda

Verse 28.14

नाभ्यजानन्त चान्योन्यं रक्षो वा देवताथवा। तत्र तत्र विपर्यस्तं समन्तात्परिधावत ॥

nābhyajānanta cānyonyaṃ rakṣo vā devatāthavā| tatra tatra viparyastaṃ samantātparidhāvata ||

English Meaning

The deities or the Rākşasas, they could not recognise one another. And being distressed they ran about on all sides.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)