Chapter 42 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 42

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 42.19

राक्षसीनां वचः श्रुत्वा रावणो राक्षसेश्वरः। चिताग्निरिव जज्वाल कोपसंवर्तितेक्षणः॥

rākṣasīnāṃ vacaḥ śrutvā rāvaṇo rākṣaseśvaraḥ| citāgniriva jajvāla kopasaṃvartitekṣaṇaḥ||

English Meaning

Hearing the speeches of the Rākṣasīs, Rāvaņa, lord of Raksasas, with his eyes rolling in rage, flamed up like the fire of a funeral pyre.

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)