Chapter 30 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 30

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 30.21

तमापतन्तं संक्रुद्धं कृतास्त्रो रुधिराप्लुतम्। अपासर्पद् द्वित्रिपदं किंचित्वरित विक्रमः॥

tamāpatantaṃ saṃkruddhaṃ kṛtāstro rudhirāplutam| apāsarpad dvitripadaṃ kiṃcitvarita vikramaḥ||

English Meaning

And as he (Khara) was rushing on, bathed with blood, Rāma cquipped with arms, suddenly summoning his strength walked backward two or three paces.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)