Canto 3 -
Araṇya-kāṇḍa
Chapter 44: Śrī Rāma Kills Mārīca
Text 3.44.18
स प्राप्तकालमाज्ञाय चकार च ततः स्वरम्।
सदृशं राघवस्यैव हा सीते लक्ष्मणेति च॥
sa prāpta-kālam ājñāya cakāra ca tataḥ svaram
sadṛśaṁ rāghavasyaiva hā sīte lakṣmaṇeti ca
saḥ = Mārīca; prāpta-kālam ājñāya = having understood that this was the right time; cakāra ca tataḥ svaram = then screamed in a voice; sadṛśam = similar to; rāghavasya eva = Rāghava’s; hā = Ah; sīte = Sītā; lakṣmaṇa iti ca = Lakṣmaṇa.
Having understood that this was the right time, Mārīca then screamed in a voice similar to Rāghava’s, “Ah, Sītā! Lakṣmaṇa!”1
1 Rāmāyaṇa-bhūṣaṇa: prāpta-kālaṁ kāla-prāptaṁ kālocitam artham ājñāya niścitya.