Chapter 59 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 59

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 59.25

विकृष्य चापं परिधाय सायकं सलीलबाणेन च ताडितो मया। मार्गी तनुं त्यज्य च विक्लवस्वरो बभूव केयूरधरः स राक्षसः॥

vikṛṣya cāpaṃ paridhāya sāyakaṃ salīlabāṇena ca tāḍito mayā| mārgī tanuṃ tyajya ca viklavasvaro babhūva keyūradharaḥ sa rākṣasaḥ||

English Meaning

I hit him stretching my brow slightly and fixing the shaft on it; when, renouncing his deerform he became a Rākṣasa wearing a bracelet and began to emit distressful shrieks.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)