Chapter 19 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 19

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 19.18

इति तस्यां ब्रुवाणायां चतुर्दश महाबलान्। व्यादिदेश खरः क्रुद्धो राक्षसानन्तकोपमान्॥ मानुषौ शस्त्रसम्पन्नौ चीरकृष्णाजिनाम्बरौ। प्रविष्टौ दण्डकारण्यं घोरं प्रमदया सह ॥ तौ हत्वा तां च दुर्वृत्तामुपावर्तितुमर्हथ। इयं च भगिनी तेषां रुधिरं मम पास्यति ॥

iti tasyāṃ bruvāṇāyāṃ caturdaśa mahābalān| vyādideśa kharaḥ kruddho rākṣasānantakopamān|| mānuṣau śastrasampannau cīrakṛṣṇājināmbarau| praviṣṭau daṇḍakāraṇyaṃ ghoraṃ pramadayā saha || tau hatvā tāṃ ca durvṛttāmupāvartitumarhatha| iyaṃ ca bhaginī teṣāṃ rudhiraṃ mama pāsyati ||

English Meaning

As she said this, Khara wrought up with boundless passion, said, Two human beings accoutred in arins, and wearing bark and dark deer-skins have in company with a female entered this deep Dandaka forest. Do you returni, after slaying them, as well as that wicked one. And this sister of mine will drink their blood.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)