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)