Chapter 4 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 4

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 4.27

तदेव रामेण निशम्य भाषितं कृता मतिस्तस्य बिलप्रवेशने। बिलं च तेनातिबलेन रक्षसा प्रवेश्यमानेन वनं विनादितम्॥

tadeva rāmeṇa niśamya bhāṣitaṃ kṛtā matistasya bilapraveśane| bilaṃ ca tenātibalena rakṣasā praveśyamānena vanaṃ vināditam||

English Meaning

Having heard these words, Rāma decided upon casting him into a pit. And when the excessively strong Rākṣasa entered the cavity, he made the forest resound with his cries,

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)