Chapter 1 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 1

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 1.152

कायवृद्धिं प्रवेगं च मम दृष्ट्वैव राक्षसाः। मयि कौतूहलं कुर्युरिति मेने महामतिः॥

kāyavṛddhiṃ pravegaṃ ca mama dṛṣṭvaiva rākṣasāḥ| mayi kautūhalaṃ kuryuriti mene mahāmatiḥ||

English Meaning

Soon as the Rākṣasas shall behold my enlarged body and the vehemence of my motion, they shall be seized with curiosity concerning me.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)