Chapter 24 — Bala Kanda, Sarga 24

Valmiki Ramayana — Bala Kanda

Verse 24.23

ताटका नाम भद्रं ते भार्यां सुन्दस्य धीमतः॥ मारीचो राक्षसः पुत्रो यस्याः शक्रपराक्रमः। वृत्तबाहुर्महाशीर्षो विपुलास्यतनुर्महान्॥

tāṭakā nāma bhadraṃ te bhāryāṃ sundasya dhīmataḥ|| mārīco rākṣasaḥ putro yasyāḥ śakraparākramaḥ| vṛttabāhurmahāśīrṣo vipulāsyatanurmahān||

English Meaning

Her name, good betide you! was Tātakā, and she was the spouse of the intelligent Sundashe whose son is the Rākşasa, Mārīca, possessed of the prowess of Sacra; having round arms, with a huge head, a capacious mouth and a cyclopean body.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)