Chapter 4 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 4

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 4.10

कुञ्जरस्येव रौद्रस्य राक्षसस्यास्य लक्ष्मण। वनेऽस्मिन् सुमहच्छ्वभ्रं खन्यतां रौद्रवर्चसः॥

kuñjarasyeva raudrasya rākṣasasyāsya lakṣmaṇa| vane'smin sumahacchvabhraṃ khanyatāṃ raudravarcasaḥ||

English Meaning

O Lakşmaņa, dig a capacious pit in this forest* for this Rākşhasa resembling an elephant, terrible, and of a grim presence. *The reading slightly varies in some texts.-T

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)