Chapter 1 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 1

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 1.36

पतत्पतङ्गसंकाशो व्यायतः शुशुभे कपिः। प्रवृद्ध इव मातङ्गः कक्ष्यया बध्यमानया॥

patatpataṅgasaṃkāśo vyāyataḥ śuśubhe kapiḥ| pravṛddha iva mātaṅgaḥ kakṣyayā badhyamānayā||

English Meaning

Then that stalwart monkey resembling the careering sun, resembled a mad elephant fettered by the middle, whose bulk has increased immensely.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)