Chapter 31 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 31

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 31.42

असौ रणान्तः स्थितिसंधिवालो विदग्धरक्षोमृगहा नृसिंहः। सुप्तस्त्वया बोधयितुं न शक्यः शराङ्गपूर्णो निशितासिदंष्ट्रः॥

asau raṇāntaḥ sthitisaṃdhivālo vidagdharakṣomṛgahā nṛsiṃhaḥ| suptastvayā bodhayituṃ na śakyaḥ śarāṅgapūrṇo niśitāsidaṃṣṭraḥ||

English Meaning

You ought not to rouse up the slecping manlion, that slayer of skilful Rākșasas resembling deer, with his sport in the field, for his joints and down; arrows for his body and sharp scimitar for his teeth.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)