Chapter 24 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 24

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 24.2

तानुत्पातान् महाघोरान् रामो दृष्ट्वात्यमर्षणः। प्रजानामहितान् दृष्ट्वा वाक्यं लक्ष्मणमब्रवीत्॥

tānutpātān mahāghorān rāmo dṛṣṭvātyamarṣaṇaḥ| prajānāmahitān dṛṣṭvā vākyaṃ lakṣmaṇamabravīt||

English Meaning

And beholding those dreadful portents, Rāma exceedingly distressed, apprehending some calamity to the Rākşasas, observed to Lakşmaņa.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)