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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.44.8

Araṇya Kāṇḍa, sarga 44: Rāvaṇa’s parivrājaka disguise. He approaches Sītā with Vedic words and praise of her beauty, she receives him as a brāhmaṇa guest

In the sequence: concealing his intention behind the disguise, he approaches Sītā as she sits grieving in the hut

3.44.8

rāmasya tv antaraṃ prepsur daśagrīvas tadantare
upatasthe ca vaidehīṃ bhikṣurūpeṇa rāvaṇaḥ

But the Ten-necked one, seeking an opening against Rāma, in that interval — Rāvaṇa — approached Vaidehī in the guise of a beggar.

Words: rāmasya — of Rāma, against Rāma; tv — but; antaraṃ — an opening, weakness; prepsur — seeking to gain; daśagrīvas — the Ten-necked; tadantare — in that interval; upatasthe — approached, came near; ca — and; vaidehīṃ — Vaidehī; bhikṣurūpeṇa — in the guise of a beggar; rāvaṇaḥ — Rāvaṇa

Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki, the ādikavi of the ādikāvya: the first poet of the first poem. Sanskrit: The Vālmīki-Rāmāyaṇa: Critical Edition, Oriental Institute, Baroda, 1960–1975 (gen. eds. G. H. Bhatt, U. P. Shah); IAST from GRETIL (Göttingen). Translation and word glosses: Claude Opus 4.6–4.7; summaries and sequences: ChatGPT Astra (machine-made). Numbering follows the Critical Edition, not the vulgate (e.g. Gita Press, valmikiramayan.net), so sarga and verse numbers can differ from those editions.