Chapter 4 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 4

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 4.21

तच्छ्रुत्वा राघवो वाक्यं लक्ष्मणं व्यादिदेश ह॥ कुञ्जरस्येव रौद्रस्य राक्षसस्यास्य लक्ष्मण। वनेऽस्मिन्सुमहाश्वभ्रः खन्यतां रौद्रकर्मणः॥

tacchrutvā rāghavo vākyaṃ lakṣmaṇaṃ vyādideśa ha|| kuñjarasyeva raudrasya rākṣasasyāsya lakṣmaṇa| vane'sminsumahāśvabhraḥ khanyatāṃ raudrakarmaṇaḥ||

English Meaning

Having heard that speech of Virādha, Rāghava ordered Laksmana, saying, O Laksmana, do you in this forest dig a capacious pit for this Rākṣasa resembling an elephant, dreadful, and of terrible acts.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)