Chapter 90 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 90

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 90.5

तमसा बहुलेनेमाः संसक्ताः सर्वतो दिश:। नेह विज्ञायते स्वो वा परो वा राक्षसोतमाः।।।।

tamasā bahulenemāḥ saṃsaktāḥ sarvato diśa:| neha vijñāyate svo vā paro vā rākṣasotamāḥ||||

English Meaning

All sides are entirely enveloped in this gioom, so that, O foremost of Raksasas, here we dysiot know who belong to us and who not.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)