Chapter 57 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 57

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 57.18

इदं हि रक्षो मृगसंनिकाशं प्रलोभ्य मां दूरमनुप्रयातम्। हतं कथंचिन्महता श्रमेण स राक्षसोऽभून्द्रियमाण एव॥

idaṃ hi rakṣo mṛgasaṃnikāśaṃ pralobhya māṃ dūramanuprayātam| hataṃ kathaṃcinmahatā śrameṇa sa rākṣaso'bhūndriyamāṇa eva||

English Meaning

This Rākşasa, who, wearing the shape of a deer, and, alluring me, had drawn me far, has in some sort been slain by me wiih much ado; and he became a Rāksasa at the time of his death.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)