Chapter 11 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 11

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 11.47

ब्राह्मणानां सहस्राणि तैरेवं कामरूपिभिः। विनाशितानि संहत्य नित्यशः पिशिताशनैः॥

brāhmaṇānāṃ sahasrāṇi tairevaṃ kāmarūpibhiḥ| vināśitāni saṃhatya nityaśaḥ piśitāśanaiḥ||

English Meaning

In this way, thousands of Brāhmaṇas gathered together, were destroyed by flesh eating ones wearing shapes at will.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)