Chapter 28 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 28

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 28.11

तं सिंहमिव विक्रान्तं सिंहविक्रान्तगामिनम्। दृष्ट्वा नोद्विजते रामः सिंहः क्षुद्रमृगं यथा॥

taṃ siṃhamiva vikrāntaṃ siṃhavikrāntagāminam| dṛṣṭvā nodvijate rāmaḥ siṃhaḥ kṣudramṛgaṃ yathā||

English Meaning

Seeing that one powerful like the lion, and gifted with the vigorous gait of the lion, Rāma was not moved, as a lion seeing a puny deer (is not moved).

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)