Chapter 21 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 21

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 21.17

एवं विलप्य बहुशो राक्षसी प्रदरोदरी॥ भ्रातुः समीपे शोकार्ता नष्टसंज्ञा बभूव ह। कराभ्यामुदरं हत्वा रुरोद भृशदुःखिता॥

evaṃ vilapya bahuśo rākṣasī pradarodarī|| bhrātuḥ samīpe śokārtā naṣṭasaṃjñā babhūva ha| karābhyāmudaraṃ hatvā ruroda bhṛśaduḥkhitā||

English Meaning

Having thus bewailed long, that Raksasi, possessed of a spacious abdomen, through sorrow, became bereft of her senses before her brother, and exercised with great grief cried, striking her abdomen with her hands.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)