Chapter 65 — Uttara Kanda, Sarga 65

Valmiki Ramayana — Uttara Kanda

Verse 65.10

स बाल एव सौदासो मृगयामुपचक्रमे। चञ्चूर्यमाणं ददृशे स शूरो राक्षसद्वयम्॥ शार्दूलरूपिणौ घोरौ मृगान्बहुसहस्रशः। भक्षमाणावसंतुष्टौ पर्याप्ति नैव जग्मतुः॥

sa bāla eva saudāso mṛgayāmupacakrame| cañcūryamāṇaṃ dadṛśe sa śūro rākṣasadvayam|| śārdūlarūpiṇau ghorau mṛgānbahusahasraśaḥ| bhakṣamāṇāvasaṃtuṣṭau paryāpti naiva jagmatuḥ||

English Meaning

The heroic Saudāsa was fond of hunting from his boyhood. Once on a time while a hunting, he espied two Rākṣasas in the forest. He had heard about them many times before: they were in the shape of tigers and of a dreadful figure and were not satisfied with devouring many thousand deer.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)