Chapter 23 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 23

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 23.2

अग्रहस्तं विधुन्वंस्तु हस्ती हस्तमीवात्मनः। तिर्यगूज़ शरीरे च पातयित्वा शिरोधराम्॥

agrahastaṃ vidhunvaṃstu hastī hastamīvātmanaḥ| tiryagūza śarīre ca pātayitvā śirodharām||

English Meaning

Moving the extremities of his hands like to the trunk of an elephant, variously altering the altitude of the neck above his frame, glancing a look awry, thus spoke he to his brother.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)