Chapter 31 — Kishkindha Kanda, Sarga 31

Valmiki Ramayana — Kishkindha Kanda

Verse 31.25

बाणशल्यस्फुरज्जिह्वः सायकासनभोगवान्। स्वतेजोविषसम्भूतः पञ्चास्य इव पन्नगः॥

bāṇaśalyasphurajjihvaḥ sāyakāsanabhogavān| svatejoviṣasambhūtaḥ pañcāsya iva pannagaḥ||

English Meaning

He appeared like to a terrible serpent of five mouths having the top of the arrow for his tongue, the bow for his expanded hood and his own prowess for the poison.

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)