Chapter 84 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 84

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 84.14

दुराधर्षो भवत्येष संग्रामे रावणात्मजः। तेन मोहयता नूनमेषा माया प्रयोजिता ।।

durādharṣo bhavatyeṣa saṃgrāme rāvaṇātmajaḥ| tena mohayatā nūnameṣā māyā prayojitā ||

English Meaning

Then Rāvana's son shall be invincible in batile. Indubitably that illusion has been wrought by him, to deceive (the monkeys), so that they might not through their prowess disturb him there.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)