Chapter 12 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 12

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 12.4

विरूपरूपा विकृता विवर्चसो महानना दीर्घविरूपदर्शनाः। समीक्ष्य ता राक्षसराजयोषितो भयाद् विनष्टा जनकेश्वरात्मजा॥

virūparūpā vikṛtā vivarcaso mahānanā dīrghavirūpadarśanāḥ| samīkṣya tā rākṣasarājayoṣito bhayād vinaṣṭā janakeśvarātmajā||

English Meaning

Seeing the wives of the Rākṣasa inonarch, of frightful forms, monstrous; of lurid hue; having huge faces; with large horrid eyes, the daughter of Janaka has given up the ghost from fright.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)