Chapter 92 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 92

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 92.20

इत्युक्त्वा नरशार्दूलो बाष्पगद्गदया गिरा। विनिःश्वस्य स ताम्राक्षः क्रुद्धो नाग इव श्वसन्॥

ityuktvā naraśārdūlo bāṣpagadgadayā girā| viniḥśvasya sa tāmrākṣaḥ kruddho nāga iva śvasan||

English Meaning

Having said this, with his words choked with emotion, that best of men with his eyes reddened, sighed like an enraged serpent.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)