Chapter 69 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 69

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 69.26

भक्षयन्तं महाघोरानृक्षसिंहमृगद्विजान्। घोरौ भुजौ विकुर्वाणमुभौ योजनमायतौ॥ कराभ्यां विविधान् गृह्य ऋक्षान् पक्षिगणान् मृगान्। आकर्षन्तं विकर्षन्तमनेकान् मृगयूथपान्॥

bhakṣayantaṃ mahāghorānṛkṣasiṃhamṛgadvijān| ghorau bhujau vikurvāṇamubhau yojanamāyatau|| karābhyāṃ vividhān gṛhya ṛkṣān pakṣigaṇān mṛgān| ākarṣantaṃ vikarṣantamanekān mṛgayūthapān||

English Meaning

And stretching forth its two huge arms extending over a Yojana it was devouring bears, lions and deer. It was catching and throwing with its huge hands many an animal, bird and bear.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)