Chapter 20 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 20

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 20.10

तस्य तद्वचनं श्रुत्वा राक्षसास्ते चतुर्दश। ऊचुर्वाचं सुसंक्रुद्धा ब्रह्मघ्नाः शूलपाणयः॥ संरक्तनयना घोरा रामं संरक्तलोचनम्। परुषा मधुराभाषं हृष्टा दृष्टपराक्रमम्॥

tasya tadvacanaṃ śrutvā rākṣasāste caturdaśa| ūcurvācaṃ susaṃkruddhā brahmaghnāḥ śūlapāṇayaḥ|| saṃraktanayanā ghorā rāmaṃ saṃraktalocanam| paruṣā madhurābhāṣaṃ hṛṣṭā dṛṣṭaparākramam||

English Meaning

Hearing those words of his, those fourteen grim Rākşasas bearing darts in their hands, exceedingly enraged, with their eyes reddened, breathing high spirits, harshly said to the sweetspeeched Rāma, having his eyes reddened whose prowess they had not seen before.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)