Chapter 39 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 39

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 39.10

वृक्षे वृक्षे हि पश्यामि चीरकृष्णाजिनाम्बरम्। गृहीतधनुषं रामं पाशहस्तमिवान्तकम्॥

vṛkṣe vṛkṣe hi paśyāmi cīrakṛṣṇājināmbaram| gṛhītadhanuṣaṃ rāmaṃ pāśahastamivāntakam||

English Meaning

From that very day I see Rāma wearing bark and deerskin even in the very trees before me like to Death with the noose in his hands.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)