Chapter 31 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 31

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 31.15

तस्यानुरूपो बलवान् रक्ताक्षो दुन्दुभिस्वनः। कनीयाँलक्ष्मणो भ्राता राकाशशिनिभाननः॥

tasyānurūpo balavān raktākṣo dundubhisvanaḥ| kanīyā~lakṣmaṇo bhrātā rākāśaśinibhānanaḥ||

English Meaning

Like to him in strength, of red eyes, and gifted with a voice like the sound of a kettledrum, his younger brother, Laksmana has a countenance resembling the full-moon.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)