Chapter 56 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 56

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 56.24

शीघ्रमेव हि राक्षस्यो विरूपा घोरदर्शनाः। दर्पमस्यापनेष्यन्तु मांसशोणितभोजनाः॥

śīghrameva hi rākṣasyo virūpā ghoradarśanāḥ| darpamasyāpaneṣyantu māṃsaśoṇitabhojanāḥ||

English Meaning

You frightful Rākşasīs terrible to behold, subsisting on flesh and gore, do you at once crush her pride.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)