Chapter 20 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 20

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 20.2

मां दृष्ट्वा नागनासोरु गूहमाना स्तनोदरम्। अदर्शनमिवात्मानं भयान्नेतुं त्वमिच्छसि॥

māṃ dṛṣṭvā nāganāsoru gūhamānā stanodaram| adarśanamivātmānaṃ bhayānnetuṃ tvamicchasi||

English Meaning

O you having thighs like the trunks of elephants, while you had, beholding me, hidden your breast and belly, perhaps you are afraid of exposing your person to me.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)