Chapter 2 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 2

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 2.34

सूर्ये चास्तं गते रात्रौ देहं संक्षिप्य मारुतिः। वृषदंशकमात्रोऽथ बभूवाद्भुतदर्शनः॥

sūrye cāstaṃ gate rātrau dehaṃ saṃkṣipya mārutiḥ| vṛṣadaṃśakamātro'tha babhūvādbhutadarśanaḥ||

English Meaning

On the sun having set, at night the Windgod's son, contracting his person, reducing himself to the dimensions of a cat, became wonderful to behold.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)