Chapter 3 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 3

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 3.18

स वध्यमानः सुभृशं भुजाभ्यां परिगृह्य तौ। अप्रकम्प्यौ नरव्याघ्रौ रौद्रः प्रस्थातुमैच्छत ॥

sa vadhyamānaḥ subhṛśaṃ bhujābhyāṃ parigṛhya tau| aprakampyau naravyāghrau raudraḥ prasthātumaicchata ||

English Meaning

Thus hard beset, that terrible one, seizing them both with his arms, attempted to make away with those foremost of men, who, however, retained their calmness.

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)