Chapter 43 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 43

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 43.19

पश्य लक्ष्मण वैदेह्याः स्पृहामुल्लसितामिमाम्। रूपश्रेष्ठतया ह्येष मृगोऽद्य न भविष्यति॥

paśya lakṣmaṇa vaidehyāḥ spṛhāmullasitāmimām| rūpaśreṣṭhatayā hyeṣa mṛgo'dya na bhaviṣyati||

English Meaning

Behold, O Laksmana, it has immensely excited Vaidehi's desire. On account of its exquisite beauty it shall loose its life to-day.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)