Chapter 52 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 52

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 52.7

तां लतामिव वेष्टन्तीमालिङ्गन्तीं महाद्रुमान्। मुञ्च मुञ्चेति बहुशः प्राप तां राक्षसाधिपः॥

tāṃ latāmiva veṣṭantīmāliṅgantīṃ mahādrumān| muñca muñceti bahuśaḥ prāpa tāṃ rākṣasādhipaḥ||

English Meaning

Exclaiming repeatedly, Leave off! Leave off, the lord of the Rākşasas got at her, as she was clasping a mighty trees as if it were a creeper.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)