Chapter 69 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 69

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 69.13

प्रहसन्तीव राजानं प्रमदा रक्तवासिनी। प्रकर्षन्ती मया दृष्टा राक्षसी विकृतानना॥

prahasantīva rājānaṃ pramadā raktavāsinī| prakarṣantī mayā dṛṣṭā rākṣasī vikṛtānanā||

English Meaning

And women clad in red garment were laughing at him, and a grim-visaged Rākşasa was seen by me as dragging him.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)