Chapter 67 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 67

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 67.8

निरीक्षमाणः सहसा वायसं समुदैक्षथाः। नखैः सरुधिरैस्तीक्ष्णैस्तामेवाभिमुखं स्थितम्॥

nirīkṣamāṇaḥ sahasā vāyasaṃ samudaikṣathāḥ| nakhaiḥ sarudhiraistīkṣṇaistāmevābhimukhaṃ sthitam||

English Meaning

Casting your looks around you didst behold a crow facing the worshipful dame with sharpened nails besmeared with blood.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)