Chapter 8 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 8

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 8.35

अभिदुतमिवारण्ये सिंहेन गजयूथपम्। प्रच्छाद्यमानं रामेण भरतं त्रातुमर्हसि ॥

abhidutamivāraṇye siṃhena gajayūthapam| pracchādyamānaṃ rāmeṇa bharataṃ trātumarhasi ||

English Meaning

Therefore it behoves you to save Bharata about to be overcome by Rāma, like a lion pursuing the leader of an elephant herd in a forest.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)