Chapter 69 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 69

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 69.23

आसेदतुश्च तद्रक्षस्तावुभौ प्रमुखे स्थितम्। विवृद्धमशिरोग्रीवं कवन्धमुदरेमुखम् ॥

āsedatuśca tadrakṣastāvubhau pramukhe sthitam| vivṛddhamaśirogrīvaṃ kavandhamudaremukham ||

English Meaning

The two brothers beheld that Rākşasa stationed before them, having a huge body, devoid of head and neck and therefore a headless demon and having its mouth on its belly.

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)