Chapter 3 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 3

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 3.6

उत्सृज्य प्रमदामेनामनपेक्षौ यथागतम्। त्वरमाणौ पलायेथां न वां जीवितमाददे॥ तं रामः प्रत्युवाचेदं कोपसंरक्तलोचनः। राक्षसं विकृताकारं विराधं पापचेतसम्

utsṛjya pramadāmenāmanapekṣau yathāgatam| tvaramāṇau palāyethāṃ na vāṃ jīvitamādade|| taṃ rāmaḥ pratyuvācedaṃ kopasaṃraktalocanaḥ| rākṣasaṃ vikṛtākāraṃ virādhaṃ pāpacetasam

English Meaning

Forsaking this fair one, do you, renouncing all hope (of either recovering her or vanquishing me), speedily flee away to that place whence you had come; else I shall deprive you of your lives. Thereat, Rāma with his eyes reddened through wrath replied to that Rākşasa of a deformed shape, the wicked Viradha.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)