Chapter 43 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 43

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 43.22

पश्यास्य जृम्भमाणस्य दीप्तामग्निशिखोपमाम्। जिह्वां मुखानिःसरन्तीं मेघादिव शतहदाम्॥

paśyāsya jṛmbhamāṇasya dīptāmagniśikhopamām| jihvāṃ mukhāniḥsarantīṃ meghādiva śatahadām||

English Meaning

Do you see, while expanding its inouth, its tongue comes out resembling flaming fire like to a thunder-bolt reaving the mass of clouds.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)