Chapter 56 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 56

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 56.25

स लक्ष्मणः कृष्णमृगं हत्वा मेध्यं प्रतापवान्। अथ चिक्षेप सौमित्रिः समिद्धे चातवेदसि॥

sa lakṣmaṇaḥ kṛṣṇamṛgaṃ hatvā medhyaṃ pratāpavān| atha cikṣepa saumitriḥ samiddhe cātavedasi||

English Meaning

Then Lakşmana the son of Sumitrā endowed with vigour, having slain a sacred black deer, threw it into flaming fire.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)