Chapter 62 — Uttara Kanda, Sarga 62

Valmiki Ramayana — Uttara Kanda

Verse 62.4

हत्वा बहुसहस्राणि सिंहव्याघ्रमृगाण्डनान्। मानुषांश्चैव कुरुते नित्यमाहारमाह्निकम्॥

hatvā bahusahasrāṇi siṃhavyāghramṛgāṇḍanān| mānuṣāṃścaiva kurute nityamāhāramāhnikam||

English Meaning

Slaying constantly thousands on thousands of lions and tigers and deer, and birds and human beings, he provides his daily food (with their flesh.)

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)