Chapter 30 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 30

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 30.7

प्रविष्टमात्रे ज्ञातोऽहं बले तस्मिन्विचारिते। बलादृहीतो रक्षोभिर्बहुधास्मि विचारितः॥

praviṣṭamātre jñāto'haṃ bale tasminvicārite| balādṛhīto rakṣobhirbahudhāsmi vicāritaḥ||

English Meaning

As soon as I entered, and was scanning that host, I was discovered. And forcibly taken by the Rākşasa, I was pulled by them hither and thither.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)