Chapter 43 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 43

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 43.40

यावद्गच्छामि सौमित्रे मृगमानयितुं द्रुतम्। पश्य लक्ष्मण वैदेह्या मृगत्वचि गतां स्पृहाम्॥

yāvadgacchāmi saumitre mṛgamānayituṃ drutam| paśya lakṣmaṇa vaidehyā mṛgatvaci gatāṃ spṛhām||

English Meaning

Look, O Laksmana, Vaidehi is extremely anxious to get the skin of this deer I shall therefore proceed at once, O son of Sumitrā, to catch this deer.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)