Chapter 34 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 34

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 34.5

ततो रामं यथान्यायमाख्यातुमुपचक्रमे। दीर्घबाहुर्विशालाक्षश्चीरकृष्णाजिनाम्बरः॥ कन्दर्पसमरूपश्च रामो दशरथात्मजः।

tato rāmaṃ yathānyāyamākhyātumupacakrame| dīrghabāhurviśālākṣaścīrakṛṣṇājināmbaraḥ|| kandarpasamarūpaśca rāmo daśarathātmajaḥ|

English Meaning

Thus addressed by the lord of the Rākṣasas, the Raksasi, transported with rage, commenced to duly narrate all about Rāma. Rāma the son of Dasaratha is long-armed, of expansive eyes, clad in bark and dark deer-skin, and like Kandarpa in grace.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)