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)