Chapter 42 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 42

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 42.21

उपगम्य समाघ्राय विद्रवन्ति दिशो दश। राक्षसः सोऽपि तान् वन्यान् मृगान् मृगवधे रतः॥

upagamya samāghrāya vidravanti diśo daśa| rākṣasaḥ so'pi tān vanyān mṛgān mṛgavadhe rataḥ||

English Meaning

That Raksasa, though expert in killing deer, did not eat them up, though touching, in order to hide his real self.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)