[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Epic, Poetry, Drama & Narrative](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit) › [Mixed prose-and-verse narratives](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu) › [Campūs on the Rāma story](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.ramayana) › [Campūrāmāyaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.ramayana.ramayanacampu) › [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.ramayana.ramayanacampu~en-mt) › 3.20 # Rāmāyaṇacampū 3.20 English (machine translation) 3.20 - **Language:** English ### [3.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.ramayana.ramayanacampu~en-mt.3.20) That wicked one, his heart blinded with lust, his conduct destroyed, approached the wife of the hero of the Raghus, thinking her a mere woman, / like a lord of elephants approaching the sacrificial fire-flame, / mistaking it for a tender sallakī shoot sprouting from its root. (20) - [Previous: 3.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.ramayana.ramayanacampu~en-mt.3.19) - [Next: 3.20\_6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.ramayana.ramayanacampu~en-mt.3.20_6) - [Up: 3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.ramayana.ramayanacampu~en-mt.3) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.ramayana.ramayanacampu~en-mt.3.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.ramayana.ramayanacampu~en-mt.3.20) · Pramāṇa