Chapter 64 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 64

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 64.36

पदवी पुरुषस्यैषा व्यक्तं कस्यापि रक्षसः॥ वैरं शतगुणं पश्य मम तैर्जीवितान्तकम्। सुघोरहृदयैः सौम्य राक्षसैः कामरूपिभिः। ५१ ।।

padavī puruṣasyaiṣā vyaktaṃ kasyāpi rakṣasaḥ|| vairaṃ śataguṇaṃ paśya mama tairjīvitāntakam| sughorahṛdayaiḥ saumya rākṣasaiḥ kāmarūpibhiḥ| 51 ||

English Meaning

These foot-marks must be some Raksasa's. I made these Rākşasas my fatal enemies, assuming shapes at will and of crooked hearts.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)