Chapter 38 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 38

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 38.20

वीक्षमाणस्ततस्तं वै वायसं समवैक्षत। नखैः सरुधिरैस्तीक्ष्णैर्मामेवाभिमुखं स्थितम्॥

vīkṣamāṇastatastaṃ vai vāyasaṃ samavaikṣata| nakhaiḥ sarudhiraistīkṣṇairmāmevābhimukhaṃ sthitam||

English Meaning

Thereupon, casting his looks around, he espied the crow, sitting in my front with its claws besmeared with blood.

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)