Chapter 71 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 71

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 71.8

अनाहारः कथं शक्तो भग्नसक्थिशिरोमुखः॥ वज्रेणाभिहतः कालं सुदीर्घमपि जीवितुम्। स एवमुक्तः शक्रो मे बाहू योजनमायतौ॥ तदा चास्यं च मे कृक्षौ तीक्ष्णदंष्ट्रमकल्पयत्।

anāhāraḥ kathaṃ śakto bhagnasakthiśiromukhaḥ|| vajreṇābhihataḥ kālaṃ sudīrghamapi jīvitum| sa evamuktaḥ śakro me bāhū yojanamāyatau|| tadā cāsyaṃ ca me kṛkṣau tīkṣṇadaṃṣṭramakalpayat|

English Meaning

Where to I replied 'How shall I live long without any food, being smitten by you having a thunderbolt in your hand, and having my head, thighs and mouth crushed down?' Thereat Indra made my hands extending over a Yojana and placed my mouth, having sharpened teeth, on my belly.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)