Chapter 3 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 3

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 3.21

तावारोप्य ततः स्कन्धं राघवौ रजनीचरः। विराधो विनदन् घोरं जगामाभिमुखो वनम्॥

tāvāropya tataḥ skandhaṃ rāghavau rajanīcaraḥ| virādho vinadan ghoraṃ jagāmābhimukho vanam||

English Meaning

And having deposited the Rāghavas on his shoulders, Virādha-ranger* of night-sending up dreadful shouts, directed his course towards the forest. Another reading is:-That ranger of the night laid on his shoulders, those ones, who were puffed up with their exceeding prowess.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)