तावूचुस्ते वनचरास्तापसा धर्मचारिणः। वनस्य तस्य संचारं राक्षसैः समभिप्लुतम् ॥ रक्षांसि पुरुषादानि नानारूपाणि राघव। वसन्त्यस्मिन् महारण्ये व्यालाश्च रुधिराशनाः॥
tāvūcuste vanacarāstāpasā dharmacāriṇaḥ| vanasya tasya saṃcāraṃ rākṣasaiḥ samabhiplutam || rakṣāṃsi puruṣādāni nānārūpāṇi rāghava| vasantyasmin mahāraṇye vyālāśca rudhirāśanāḥ||
English Meaning
Thereat the righteous ascetics ranging the forest said that all the sides of the forest were infested by Rākşasas. “Ferocious beasts feasting on blood, and Rākşasas, O Rāghava, living on human beings, wearing various shapes, abide in this mighty forest."
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)