Chapter 44 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 44

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 44.14

चक्रे स सुमहाकायो मारीचो जीवितं त्यजन्। तं दृष्ट्वा पतितं भूमौ राक्षसं भीमदर्शनम्॥ रामो रुधिरसिक्ताङ्ग चेष्टमानं महीतले। जगाम मनसा सीतां लक्ष्मणस्य वचः स्मरन् ॥

cakre sa sumahākāyo mārīco jīvitaṃ tyajan| taṃ dṛṣṭvā patitaṃ bhūmau rākṣasaṃ bhīmadarśanam|| rāmo rudhirasiktāṅga ceṣṭamānaṃ mahītale| jagāma manasā sītāṃ lakṣmaṇasya vacaḥ smaran ||

English Meaning

And seeing that grim-visaged Rākşasa lying low on the ground, with his person bathed in blood, and rolling hither and thither, Rāma proceeded towards the asylum thinking of Sītā and revolving within himself Laksmana's words.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)