Chapter 73 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 73

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 73.19

स तत्राग्नि समास्तीर्य शरपत्रैः सतोमरैः। छागस्य कृष्णवर्णस्य गलं जग्राह जीवतः॥

sa tatrāgni samāstīrya śarapatraiḥ satomaraiḥ| chāgasya kṛṣṇavarṇasya galaṃ jagrāha jīvataḥ||

English Meaning

Spreading fire there, with tomaras representing Kāśa, he seized the neck of a living goat of black colour.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)