Chapter 58 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 58

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 58.29

तस्याश्चास्य महद्भीमं वर्धते मम भक्षणे। न तु मां सा नु बुबुधे मम वा विकृतं कृतम्॥

tasyāścāsya mahadbhīmaṃ vardhate mama bhakṣaṇe| na tu māṃ sā nu bubudhe mama vā vikṛtaṃ kṛtam||

English Meaning

And her huge and dreadful mouth extended wide to eat me up. She did not understand me, (Understand that I was able to assume any shape at pleasure) nor that I had altered my shape.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)