Chapter 7 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 7

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 7.20

तानहं सुमहाभाग मृगसंघान् समागतान्॥ हन्यां निशितधारेण शरेणानतपर्वणा। भवांस्तत्राभिषज्येत किं स्यात् कृच्छ्रतरं ततः॥

tānahaṃ sumahābhāga mṛgasaṃghān samāgatān|| hanyāṃ niśitadhāreṇa śareṇānataparvaṇā| bhavāṃstatrābhiṣajyeta kiṃ syāt kṛcchrataraṃ tataḥ||

English Meaning

O exalted one, if by means of sharpened shafts blazing like lightning, I slay those herds of deer when they come, it shall impart pain to you, and what can be more unfortunate than this?

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)