Chapter 28 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 28

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 28.9

तं रथस्थं धनुष्पाणिं राक्षसं पर्यवस्थितम्। ददृशुः सर्वभूतानि पाशहस्तमिवान्तकम्॥

taṃ rathasthaṃ dhanuṣpāṇiṃ rākṣasaṃ paryavasthitam| dadṛśuḥ sarvabhūtāni pāśahastamivāntakam||

English Meaning

And as that Rākşasa sat on his car, bow in hand, all creatures saw him, as if he were the very destroyer with the noose in his hand.

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)