हस्तग्राहं तु तं मत्वा पादशब्देन रावणम्। पराङ्मुखोऽपि जग्राह वाली सर्पमिवाण्डजः॥
hastagrāhaṃ tu taṃ matvā pādaśabdena rāvaṇam| parāṅmukho'pi jagrāha vālī sarpamivāṇḍajaḥ||
English Meaning
Vāli was seated with his back (towards Rāvaņa); still from his footsteps he perceived that he had come within the grasp of Råvaņa's army and he at once caught hold of him like to Garuda holding a serpent.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)