Chapter 26 — Uttara Kanda, Sarga 26

Valmiki Ramayana — Uttara Kanda

Verse 26.25

अथाब्रवीद्दशग्रीवश्चरणाधोमुखीं स्थिताम्। रोमहर्षमनुप्राप्तां दृष्टमात्रेण तां तदा॥

athābravīddaśagrīvaścaraṇādhomukhīṃ sthitām| romaharṣamanuprāptāṃ dṛṣṭamātreṇa tāṃ tadā||

English Meaning

Thereupon the Ten-necked demon said to her, standing with her face downwards, and her down standing erect at his very sight,

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)