कदाचिल्लोकजिज्ञासुर्गूढो रात्र्यामलक्षित: । चरन्वाचोऽशृणोद् रामो भार्यामुद्दिश्य कस्यचित् ॥ ८ ॥
kadacil loka-jijnasur gudho ratryam alaksitah caran vaco ’srnod ramo bharyam uddisya kasyacit
- kadacit
- once upon a time
- loka-jijnasuh
- desiring to know about the public
- gudhah
- hiding Himself by a disguise
- ratryam
- at night
- alaksitah
- without being identified by anyone else
- caran
- walking
- vacah
- speaking
- asrnot
- heard
- ramah
- Lord Ramacandra
- bharyam
- unto His wife
- uddisya
- indicating
- kasyacit
- of someone.
Sukadeva Gosvami continued: Once while Lord Ramacandra was walking at night incognito, hiding Himself by a disguise to find out the people’s opinion of Himself, He heard a man speaking unfavorably about His wife, Sitadevi.