Chapter 38 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 38

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 38.17

स तत्र पुनरेवाथ वायसः समुपागमत्। ततः सुप्तप्रबुद्धां मां राघवाङ्कात् समुत्थिताम्। वायसः सहसागम्य विददार स्तनान्तरे॥

sa tatra punarevātha vāyasaḥ samupāgamat| tataḥ suptaprabuddhāṃ māṃ rāghavāṅkāt samutthitām| vāyasaḥ sahasāgamya vidadāra stanāntare||

English Meaning

In the meantime, that crow again suddenly approaching, tore my breast with its beak, as I awoke and was rising up from your lap, O Rāghava.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)