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Aranya Kanda Sarga 57 Shloka 23
Original Shloka
इदं हि रक्षो मृगसन्निकाशं प्रलोभ्य मां दूरमनुप्रयान्तम्। हतं कथञ्चिन्महता श्रमेण स राक्षसोऽभून्म्रियमाण एव।।3.57.23।।
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Valmiki Ramayana Dataset

English Translation

मृगसन्निकाशम् appearing like a deer, इदं रक्षः this demon, अनुप्रयान्तम् who followed, माम् me, दूरम् far, प्रलोभ्य alluring, महता with great, श्रमेण with effort, कथञ्चित् somehow, हतम् killed, सः he, म्रियमाणः while on the verge of death, एव too, राक्षसः demon, अभूत् turned.

English Commentary

Appearing in the guise of a deer, this demon allured me to a great distance. With much effort he was somehow killed. but he assumed his demoniac form while dying.