Chapter 14 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 14

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 14.18

अपत्यं तु मृगाः सर्वे मृग्या नरवरोत्तम। ऋक्षाश्च मृगमन्दायाः सृमराश्चमरास्तथा॥

apatyaṃ tu mṛgāḥ sarve mṛgyā naravarottama| ṛkṣāśca mṛgamandāyāḥ sṛmarāścamarāstathā||

English Meaning

You foremost of the best of men, Mrgi's sons were all the deer, and those of Mſgamandã were bears, Srmaras and Camaras.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)