Canto 2 -
Ayodhyā-kāṇḍa
Chapter 56: Rāma Reaches Citrakūṭa
Text 2.56.28
स लक्ष्मणः कृष्णमृगं हत्वा मेध्यं प्रतापवान्।
अथ चिक्षेप सौमित्रिः समिद्धे जातवेदसि॥
sa lakṣmaṇaḥ kṛṣṇa-mṛgaṁ hatvā medhyaṁ pratāpavān
atha cikṣepa saumitriḥ samiddhe jāta-vedasi
saḥ lakṣmaṇaḥ = Lakṣmaṇa; kṛṣṇa-mṛgam = a dark deer; hatvā = killed; medhyam = fit to be sacrificed; pratāpavān = the powerful; atha = and then; cikṣepa = offered it; saumitriḥ = son of Sumitrā; samiddhe = to the blazing; jāta-vedasi = sacrificial fire.
The powerful son of Sumitrā, Lakṣmaṇa, killed a dark deer fit to be sacrificed and then offered it to the blazing sacrificial fire.