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)