Chapter 24 — Uttara Kanda, Sarga 24

Valmiki Ramayana — Uttara Kanda

Verse 24.7

दीनवक्त्रेक्षणाः श्यामा मृग्यः सिंहवशा इव। काचिच्चिन्तयती तत्र किं नु मां भक्षयिष्यति॥ काचिद्दध्यौ सुदुःखार्ता अपि मां मारयेदयम्।

dīnavaktrekṣaṇāḥ śyāmā mṛgyaḥ siṃhavaśā iva| kāciccintayatī tatra kiṃ nu māṃ bhakṣayiṣyati|| kāciddadhyau suduḥkhārtā api māṃ mārayedayam|

English Meaning

The countenance and eyes, of those beautiful damsels, brought under the subjection of the tennecked demon, and afflicted with sorrow, looked poorly like a hind attacked by a lion. Some thought, “Will he eat me up" and another, stricken with sorrow, thought, “Will he destroy me?"

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)