Chapter 18 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 18

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 18.17

तां मृत्युपाशप्रतिमामापतन्ती महाबलः। विगृह्य रामः कुपितस्ततो लक्ष्मणमब्रवीत्॥

tāṃ mṛtyupāśapratimāmāpatantī mahābalaḥ| vigṛhya rāmaḥ kupitastato lakṣmaṇamabravīt||

English Meaning

Thereupon, hindering the Rākṣasi resembling the noose of death, as she was rushing on, the mighty Rāma, growing wroth said to Lakşmaņa.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)