Chapter 87 — Uttara Kanda, Sarga 87

Valmiki Ramayana — Uttara Kanda

Verse 87.10

कृत्वा स्त्रीरूपमात्मानमुमेशो गोपतिध्वजः। देव्याः प्रियचिकीर्षुः संस्तस्मिन्पर्वतनिझरे॥

kṛtvā strīrūpamātmānamumeśo gopatidhvajaḥ| devyāḥ priyacikīrṣuḥ saṃstasminparvatanijhare||

English Meaning

Being desirous of satisfying the goddess Umă, her lord. whose emblem is bull, was sporting under the guise of a female.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)