Chapter 6 — Uttara Kanda, Sarga 6

Valmiki Ramayana — Uttara Kanda

Verse 6.20

राक्षसैरभिभूताः स्मो न शक्ताः स्म प्रजापते। स्वेषु सद्मसु संस्थातुं भयात्तेषां दुरात्मनाम्॥

rākṣasairabhibhūtāḥ smo na śaktāḥ sma prajāpate| sveṣu sadmasu saṃsthātuṃ bhayātteṣāṃ durātmanām||

English Meaning

We have been overpowered by the Rākṣasas. And, o lord of creatures, from fear of those wicked-minded ones, we cannot remain in our own homes.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)