Chapter 69 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 69

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 69.10

आसाद्य च नरव्याघ्रौ दर्यास्तस्याविदूरतः। ददर्शतुर्महारूपां राक्षसी विकृताननाम्॥ भयदामल्पसत्वानां बीभत्सां रौद्रदर्शनाम्। लम्बोदरी तीक्ष्णदंष्ट्रां कराली परुषत्वचम्॥ भक्षयन्ती मृगान् भीमान् विकटां मुक्तमूर्धजाम्। अवैक्षतां तु तौ तत्र भ्रातरौ रामलक्ष्मणौ॥

āsādya ca naravyāghrau daryāstasyāvidūrataḥ| dadarśaturmahārūpāṃ rākṣasī vikṛtānanām|| bhayadāmalpasatvānāṃ bībhatsāṃ raudradarśanām| lambodarī tīkṣṇadaṃṣṭrāṃ karālī paruṣatvacam|| bhakṣayantī mṛgān bhīmān vikaṭāṃ muktamūrdhajām| avaikṣatāṃ tu tau tatra bhrātarau rāmalakṣmaṇau||

English Meaning

Arriving there they espied hard by a grimvisaged Rākşasī, having a formidable figure, ever causing fright to persons of feeble courage, loathsome terrible-looking, having a huge belly, sharpened teeth, a high person and rough skin, devouring voracious animals and looking fearful with dishevelled hair.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)