Chapter 17 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 17

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 17.6

सुमुखं दुर्मुखी रामं वृत्तमध्यं महोदरी॥ विशालाक्षं विरूपाक्षी सुकेशं ताम्रमूर्धजा। प्रियरूपं विरूपा सा सुस्वरं भैरवस्वना ॥

sumukhaṃ durmukhī rāmaṃ vṛttamadhyaṃ mahodarī|| viśālākṣaṃ virūpākṣī sukeśaṃ tāmramūrdhajā| priyarūpaṃ virūpā sā susvaraṃ bhairavasvanā ||

English Meaning

Rāma graced with beauteous continence, that Raksasi had a hideous face; Ráma had a slender waist, she had a huge abdomen; he had expansive eyes, she had terrible eyes; he was gifted with an elegant head of hair, she had coppery hair; Rāma was of a dear presence, she was of an unsightly presence; Rāma had a sonorous voice, she had a hideous voice.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)