Chapter 44 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 44

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 44.17

लक्ष्मणश्च महाबाहुः कामवस्थां गमिष्यति। इति संचिन्त्य धर्मात्मा रामो हृष्टतनूरूहः॥ तत्र रामं भयं तीव्रमाविवेश विषादजम्। राक्षसं मृगरूपं तं हत्वा श्रुत्वा च तत्स्वनम्॥

lakṣmaṇaśca mahābāhuḥ kāmavasthāṃ gamiṣyati| iti saṃcintya dharmātmā rāmo hṛṣṭatanūrūhaḥ|| tatra rāmaṃ bhayaṃ tīvramāviveśa viṣādajam| rākṣasaṃ mṛgarūpaṃ taṃ hatvā śrutvā ca tatsvanam||

English Meaning

While pondering thus the hairs of the virtuous-souled Rāma stood on their end. Killing that Räkşasa assuming the shape of a deer and hearing his terrible cry Rāma was overwhelmed with fear arising out of sorrow.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)