Chapter 19 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 19

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 19.3

कः कृष्णसर्पमासीनमाशीविषमनागसम्। तुदत्यभिसमापनमङ्गुल्यग्रेण लीलया॥

kaḥ kṛṣṇasarpamāsīnamāśīviṣamanāgasam| tudatyabhisamāpanamaṅgulyagreṇa līlayā||

English Meaning

Who is it that with his finger-end has by way of sport hart a black venomous snake that was innocent?

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)