Chapter 56 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 56

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 56.26

स ताः प्रोवाच राजासौ रावणो घोरदर्शनाः। प्रचल्य चरणोत्कर्षैर्दारयन्निव मेदिनीम्॥

sa tāḥ provāca rājāsau rāvaṇo ghoradarśanāḥ| pracalya caraṇotkarṣairdārayanniva medinīm||

English Meaning

Then the grim-visaged king Ravana, as if riving the earth by his tread, proceeding a pace or two, said,

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)