Chapter 22 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 22

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 22.29

अवेक्षमाणो वैदेही कोपसंरक्तलोचनः। उवाच रावणः सीतां भुजङ्ग इव निःश्वसन्॥

avekṣamāṇo vaidehī kopasaṃraktalocanaḥ| uvāca rāvaṇaḥ sītāṃ bhujaṅga iva niḥśvasan||

English Meaning

And having his eyes red hot with ire, sighing again and again like to a snake and casting his looks upon Sītā, Rāvaņa addressed her again, saying.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)