Chapter 31 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 31

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 31.11

अकम्पनवचः श्रुत्वा रावणो राक्षसाधिपः। नागेन्द्र इव निःश्वस्य इदं वचनमब्रवीत्॥

akampanavacaḥ śrutvā rāvaṇo rākṣasādhipaḥ| nāgendra iva niḥśvasya idaṃ vacanamabravīt||

English Meaning

Hearing Akampana's words, that lord of the Rākşasas, Rāvana, breathing like a mighty serpent, said these words,

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)