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)