Chapter 65 — Uttara Kanda, Sarga 65

Valmiki Ramayana — Uttara Kanda

Verse 65.16

अथावसाने यज्ञस्य पूर्ववैरमनुस्मरन्। वसिष्ठरूपी राजानमिति होवाच राक्षसः॥

athāvasāne yajñasya pūrvavairamanusmaran| vasiṣṭharūpī rājānamiti hovāca rākṣasaḥ||

English Meaning

Thereupon when the sacrifice was about to be finished the aforesaid Rākşasa, remembering his former enmity, assumed the shape of Vasiştha and said to the king Saudāsa.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)