Chapter 35 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 35

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 35.19

तत्र कृष्णाजिनधरं जटामण्डलधारिणम्। ददर्श नियताहारं मारीचं नाम राक्षसम्॥

tatra kṛṣṇājinadharaṃ jaṭāmaṇḍaladhāriṇam| dadarśa niyatāhāraṃ mārīcaṃ nāma rākṣasam||

English Meaning

And there he saw a Rākṣasa, named Mārīca, clad in a dark deer-skin, bearing a head of matted locks, subsisting on restricted fare.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)