Chapter 25 — Bala Kanda, Sarga 25

Valmiki Ramayana — Bala Kanda

Verse 25.10

भक्षार्थं जातसंरम्भा गर्जन्ती साभ्यधावत्। आपतन्ती तु तां दृष्ट्वा अगस्त्यो भगवानृषिः॥ राक्षसत्वं भजस्वेति मारीचं व्याजहार सः।

bhakṣārthaṃ jātasaṃrambhā garjantī sābhyadhāvat| āpatantī tu tāṃ dṛṣṭvā agastyo bhagavānṛṣiḥ|| rākṣasatvaṃ bhajasveti mārīcaṃ vyājahāra saḥ|

English Meaning

And enraged with Agastya, she rushed at him with a roar, intending to devour him. And on seeing her thus rushing, that worshipful saint, Agastya, said to Mārīca, Do you become a Raksasa! .

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)