Chapter 16 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 16

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 16.7

उपायमेते वक्ष्यन्ति ग्रहणे नात्र संशयः। कृत्स्नाद्भयाज्ज्ञातिभयं सुकष्टं विदितं च नः॥

upāyamete vakṣyanti grahaṇe nātra saṃśayaḥ| kṛtsnādbhayājjñātibhayaṃ sukaṣṭaṃ viditaṃ ca naḥ||

English Meaning

They alone unfold the means of our detection, there is not the least doubt about it. Fear from kinsmen is therefore known as the worst of all fears.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)