Chapter 80 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 80

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 80.40

तमेनं मायिनं क्षुद्रमन्तर्हितरथं बलात्। राक्षसं निहनिष्यन्ति दृष्ट्वा वानरयूथपाः॥

tamenaṃ māyinaṃ kṣudramantarhitarathaṃ balāt| rākṣasaṃ nihaniṣyanti dṛṣṭvā vānarayūthapāḥ||

English Meaning

He is hidden from the public gaze so we must slay him, had he been fighting openly the leaders of the monkey hosts could have slain that Räks asas.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)