Chapter 6 — Kishkindha Kanda, Sarga 6

Valmiki Ramayana — Kishkindha Kanda

Verse 6.13

हृदि कृत्वा स बहुशस्तमलंकारमुत्तमम्। निशश्वास भृशं सर्पो बिलस्थ इव रोषितः॥

hṛdi kṛtvā sa bahuśastamalaṃkāramuttamam| niśaśvāsa bhṛśaṃ sarpo bilastha iva roṣitaḥ||

English Meaning

And placing the elegant ornaments on his bosom, he sighed again and again, like an enraged serpent in a hole.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)