Chapter 17 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 17

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 17.21

अन्तर्धानगता ह्येते राक्षसाः कामरूपिणः। शूराश्च निकृतिज्ञाश्च तेषां जातु न विश्वसेत्॥

antardhānagatā hyete rākṣasāḥ kāmarūpiṇaḥ| śūrāśca nikṛtijñāśca teṣāṃ jātu na viśvaset||

English Meaning

These Rākşasas are heroic; they assume shapes at will, always lie in ambush and secretly bring about others' ruin-we should not therefore place confidence in them.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)