Valmiki Ramayana Aranya Kanda Sarga 57 Shloka 8

Original Shloka

राक्षसैस्सहितैर्नूनं सीताया ईप्सितो वधः। काञ्चनश्च मृगो भूत्वा व्यपनीयाश्रमात्तु माम्।।3.57.7।। दूरं नीत्वा तु मारीचो राक्षसोऽभूच्छरा हतः। हा लक्ष्मण हतोऽस्मीति यद्वाक्यं व्याजहार ह।।3.57.8।।

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English Translation

यत् that, मारीचः Maricha, काञ्चनः मृगः golden deer, भूत्वा having become, माम् me, आश्रमात् from the hermitage, व्यपनीय dragging away, दूरम् far off, नीत्वा after taking, शराहतः hit by my arrows, राक्षसः demon, अभूत् he became, हा लक्ष्मण Alas, Lakshmana, हतः अस्मि I am killed, इति these, वाक्यम् words, व्याजहार he said, सहितैः accompanying, राक्षसैः by demons, सीतायाः Sita's, वधः slaughter, ईप्सितः desired, नूनम् surely.

English Commentary

'Hence the murder of Sita must have been jointly planned by the demons. Maricha who had assumed the form of a golden deer, took me away from the hermitage to a faroff place where, killed by my arrows, he turned a demon uttering the words, Alas, Lakshmana, I am killed.