Chapter 22 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 22

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 22.23

सीताया वचनं श्रुत्वा रावणो राक्षसाधिपः। विवृत्य नयने क्रूर जानकीमन्ववैक्षत॥

sītāyā vacanaṃ śrutvā rāvaṇo rākṣasādhipaḥ| vivṛtya nayane krūra jānakīmanvavaikṣata||

English Meaning

Hearing those words of Sītā, Rāvana, the lord of Rāksasas, whirling his grim eyes, looked towards the daughter of Janaka.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)