Chapter 100 — Uttara Kanda, Sarga 100

Valmiki Ramayana — Uttara Kanda

Verse 100.13

मांसाशिनश्च ये सत्त्वा रक्षांसि सुमहान्ति च। अनुजग्मुर्हि भरतं रुधिरस्य पिपासया॥ भूतग्रामाश्च बहवो मांसभक्षाः सुदारुणाः। गन्धर्वपुत्रमांसानि भोक्तुकामाः सहस्रशः॥

māṃsāśinaśca ye sattvā rakṣāṃsi sumahānti ca| anujagmurhi bharataṃ rudhirasya pipāsayā|| bhūtagrāmāśca bahavo māṃsabhakṣāḥ sudāruṇāḥ| gandharvaputramāṃsāni bhoktukāmāḥ sahasraśaḥ||

English Meaning

Animals, living upon flesh and huge-bodied Rākşasas longing for blood and many terrible and dreadful carnivorous creatures followed Bharata wishing the flesh of Gandharvas.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)