Chapter 4 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 4

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 4.81

स्वां स्वां सेनां समुत्सृज्य मा च कश्चित्कुतो व्रजेत्। गच्छन्तु वानराः शूरा ज्ञेयं छन्नं भयं च नः॥

svāṃ svāṃ senāṃ samutsṛjya mā ca kaścitkuto vrajet| gacchantu vānarāḥ śūrā jñeyaṃ channaṃ bhayaṃ ca naḥ||

English Meaning

I fear the Rākşasas at every step, for they are greatly illusion creating, let the leaders therefore go to their own hosts and let them not proceed anywhere else, renouncing them.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)