Chapter 44 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 44

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 44.34

प्रकाशरूपस्तु यदा न शक्तस्तौ बाधितुं राक्षराजपुत्रः। मायां प्रयोक्तुं समुपाजगाम बबन्ध तौ राजसुतौ दुरात्मा॥

prakāśarūpastu yadā na śaktastau bādhituṃ rākṣarājaputraḥ| māyāṃ prayoktuṃ samupājagāma babandha tau rājasutau durātmā||

English Meaning

And when the son of the Rākşasa monarch felt himself incompetent to cope with them openly, then that impious one, resorting to illusion, bound those princes (by that means).

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)