Chapter 11 — Kishkindha Kanda, Sarga 11

Valmiki Ramayana — Kishkindha Kanda

Verse 11.46

तान् दृष्ट्वा पतितांस्तत्र मुनिः शोणितविपुषः। क्रुद्धस्तस्य महाभाग चिन्तयामास को न्वयम्।॥

tān dṛṣṭvā patitāṃstatra muniḥ śoṇitavipuṣaḥ| kruddhastasya mahābhāga cintayāmāsa ko nvayam|||

English Meaning

O great one, beholding the drops of blood there, the great ascetic, angered, thought within himself-Who might be the author of this sprinkling of blood?

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)