Chapter 24 — Bala Kanda, Sarga 24

Valmiki Ramayana — Bala Kanda

Verse 24.16

पुरा वृत्रवधे राम मलेन समभिप्लुतम्॥ क्षुधा चैव सहस्राक्षं ब्रह्महत्या समाविशत्।

purā vṛtravadhe rāma malena samabhiplutam|| kṣudhā caiva sahasrākṣaṃ brahmahatyā samāviśat|

English Meaning

In days of yore, O Räma, on the occasion of the destruction of Vſtra, the thousand-eyed one came to have hunger, to be besmeared with excreta, and to slay a Brahmana.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)