Chapter 19 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 19

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 19.1

तां तथा पतितां दृष्ट्वा विरूपां शोणितोक्षिताम्। भगिनीं क्रोधसंतप्तः शरः पप्रच्छ राक्षसः॥

tāṃ tathā patitāṃ dṛṣṭvā virūpāṃ śoṇitokṣitām| bhaginīṃ krodhasaṃtaptaḥ śaraḥ papraccha rākṣasaḥ||

English Meaning

Seeing his sister deformed, and covered with blood, fallen on the ground, the Raksasa, Khara, fired with wrath asked her.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)