Chapter 63 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 63

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 63.10

तां हारपाशस्य सदोचितान्तां ग्रीवां प्रियाया मम सुव्रतायाः। रक्षांसि नूनं परिपीतवन्ति शून्ये हि भित्त्वा रुधिराशनानि॥

tāṃ hārapāśasya sadocitāntāṃ grīvāṃ priyāyā mama suvratāyāḥ| rakṣāṃsi nūnaṃ paripītavanti śūnye hi bhittvā rudhirāśanāni||

English Meaning

Surely have the Räkşasas subsisting on gore drunk her blood in the sky tearing off the neck of my dear one ever devoted to pious observances.

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)