Chapter 7 — Uttara Kanda, Sarga 7

Valmiki Ramayana — Uttara Kanda

Verse 7.23

उत्क्षिप्य लम्बाभरणं धुन्वन्करमिव द्विपः। ररास राक्षसो हर्षात्सतडित्तोयदो यथा॥

utkṣipya lambābharaṇaṃ dhunvankaramiva dvipaḥ| rarāsa rākṣaso harṣātsataḍittoyado yathā||

English Meaning

As an elephant flourishes its trunk, that Rāks asa, lifting up his arm adorned with ornaments, began to roar from rapture, like a mass of clouds, lighted up with lightening.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)