Chapter 44 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 44

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 44.7

स तमुन्मादयामास मृगरूपो निशाचरः। मृगैः परिवृतोऽथान्यैरदूरात् प्रत्यदृश्यत॥

sa tamunmādayāmāsa mṛgarūpo niśācaraḥ| mṛgaiḥ parivṛto'thānyairadūrāt pratyadṛśyata||

English Meaning

And that ranger of the night, wearing the form of a deer, maddening Rāma, discovered himself (again) at a distance surrounded by (other) deer,

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)