Chapter 23 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 23

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 23.46

ततश्चण्डोदरी नाम राक्षसी क्रूरदर्शना॥ भ्रामयन्ती महच्छूलमिदं वचनमब्रवीत्। इमां हरिणशावाक्षीं त्रासोत्कम्पपयोधराम्॥ रावणेन हतां दृष्ट्वा दौर्हदो मे महानयम्। यकृत्प्लीहं महत् क्रोडं हृदयं च सबन्धनम्॥ गावाण्यपि तथा शीर्षं खादेयमिति मे मतिः।

tataścaṇḍodarī nāma rākṣasī krūradarśanā|| bhrāmayantī mahacchūlamidaṃ vacanamabravīt| imāṃ hariṇaśāvākṣīṃ trāsotkampapayodharām|| rāvaṇena hatāṃ dṛṣṭvā daurhado me mahānayam| yakṛtplīhaṃ mahat kroḍaṃ hṛdayaṃ ca sabandhanam|| gāvāṇyapi tathā śīrṣaṃ khādeyamiti me matiḥ|

English Meaning

Thereupon another grim-visaged Rākşasī, named, Candodarī, shaking her terrible spear, said-“Beholding this Sitā having the eyes of a young antelope and her breast trembling with fear, my earnest desire, as I am enciente, has been to banquet on her large eyes, lever, spleen, her plump hands, heart, other limbs and head."

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)