Chapter 32 — Uttara Kanda, Sarga 32

Valmiki Ramayana — Uttara Kanda

Verse 32.8

सव्येतरकराङ्गुल्या ह्यशब्दास्यो दशाननः। वेगप्रभावमन्वेष्टुं सोऽदिशच्छुकसारणौ॥

savyetarakarāṅgulyā hyaśabdāsyo daśānanaḥ| vegaprabhāvamanveṣṭuṃ so'diśacchukasāraṇau||

English Meaning

Thereupon being anxious to learn the cause of the rise of the river, the Ten-necked demon, with his right finger, hinted Suka and Sarana.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)