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)