Chapter 22 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 22

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 22.18

इमे ते नयने क्रूरे विकृते कृष्णपिङ्गले। क्षितौ न पतिते कस्मान्मामनार्य निरीक्षतः॥

ime te nayane krūre vikṛte kṛṣṇapiṅgale| kṣitau na patite kasmānmāmanārya nirīkṣataḥ||

English Meaning

O base! why do not your grim, terrible, coppery eyes, looking so viciously at me, fall down on earth.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)