Chapter 38 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 38

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 38.2

नीलजीमूतसंकाशस्तप्तकाञ्चनकुण्डलः। भयं लोकस्य जनयन् किरीटी परिघायुधः॥ व्यचरन् दण्डकारण्यमृषिमांसानि भक्षयन्।

nīlajīmūtasaṃkāśastaptakāñcanakuṇḍalaḥ| bhayaṃ lokasya janayan kirīṭī parighāyudhaḥ|| vyacaran daṇḍakāraṇyamṛṣimāṃsāni bhakṣayan|

English Meaning

I had parigha in my hands, crown on my head and golden ear-rings on my ears and my body was of a dark blue colour like that of a cloud. Causing fright to the people I used to wander through the forest of Dandaka and live upon the flesh of the Rsis.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)