Chapter 59 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 59

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 59.24

असौ हि राक्षसः शेते शरेणाभिहतो मया। मृगरूपेण येनाहमाश्रमादपवाहितः॥

asau hi rākṣasaḥ śete śareṇābhihato mayā| mṛgarūpeṇa yenāhamāśramādapavāhitaḥ||

English Meaning

That Rākṣasa lie low, being wounded by my shafts—that had drawn me away from the asylum wearing the form of a deer.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)