Chapter 69 — Uttara Kanda, Sarga 69

Valmiki Ramayana — Uttara Kanda

Verse 69.2

पाणौ पाणिं स निष्पिष्य दन्तान्कटकटाय्य च। लवणो रघुशार्दूलमाह्वयामास चासकृत्॥

pāṇau pāṇiṃ sa niṣpiṣya dantānkaṭakaṭāyya ca| lavaṇo raghuśārdūlamāhvayāmāsa cāsakṛt||

English Meaning

Clashing his hands and grinding his teeth he invited that foremost of Raghus to fight.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)