Chapter 18 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 18

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 18.4

तदपूर्वं नरपते दृष्ट्वा रूपं भयावहम्। रामोऽपि भयमापन्नः पदा स्पृष्ट्वेव पन्नगम्॥

tadapūrvaṃ narapate dṛṣṭvā rūpaṃ bhayāvaham| rāmo'pi bhayamāpannaḥ padā spṛṣṭveva pannagam||

English Meaning

Seeing this unforeseen and terrible appearance of the king, like to a serpent trampled under foot, Rāma was exceedingly terrified.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)