चरन्तो मृगधां हृष्टाः पापेनोपाधिना वने। अनेन निहता राम राजानः कामरूपिणा॥
caranto mṛgadhāṃ hṛṣṭāḥ pāpenopādhinā vane| anena nihatā rāma rājānaḥ kāmarūpiṇā||
English Meaning
This vicious Mārīca, O Rāma, assuming the shape of a deer oftentimes kills at pleasure the kings who come here a-hunting.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)