Saying this to Rāma, that ranger of the night (Khara), pursing his brows, espied a mighty Sāla hard by. And looking about him on all sides in the field for a weapon, he uprooted it, biting his Nether lip.
एवमुक्त्वा ततो रामं संरुध्य भृकुटिं ततः। स ददर्श महासालमविदूरे निशाचरः॥ रणे प्रहरणस्यार्थे सर्वतो ह्यवलोकयन्। स तमुत्पाटयामास संदष्टदशनच्छदम्॥