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)