Canto 3 -
Araṇya-kāṇḍa
Chapter 38: Mārīca Instructs Rāvaṇa
Text 3.38.18
अवजानन्नहं मोहाद्बालोऽयमिति राघवम्।
विश्वामित्रस्य तां वेदिमभ्यधावं कृतत्वरः॥
avajānann ahaṁ mohād bālo ’yam iti rāghavam
viśvāmitrasya tāṁ vedim abhyadhāvaṁ kṛta-tvaraḥ
avajānan = disregarding; aham = I; mohāt = out of delusion; bālaḥ = was a [mere] boy; ayam = He; iti = that; rāghavam = Rāghava; viśvāmitrasya = Viśvāmitra’s; tām vedim = towards sacrificial arena; abhyadhāvam = rushed; kṛta-tvaraḥ = swiftly.
Disregarding Rāghava out of delusion that He was a [mere] boy, I swiftly rushed towards Viśvāmitra’s sacrificial arena.