Chapter 3 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 3

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 3.20

स तु स्वबलवीर्येण समुत्क्षिप्य निशाचरः। बालाविव स्कन्धगतौ चकारातिर्बलोद्धतः॥

sa tu svabalavīryeṇa samutkṣipya niśācaraḥ| bālāviva skandhagatau cakārātirbaloddhataḥ||

English Meaning

And lifting up (Rāma and Lakşmana) by his might and. prowess, as if they were striplings, that haughty ranger of the night laid them on his shoulders.

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)