Chapter 9 — Uttara Kanda, Sarga 9

Valmiki Ramayana — Uttara Kanda

Verse 9.19

एवमुक्ता तु सा कन्या राम कालेन केनचित्। जनयामास बीभत्सं रक्षोरूपं सुदारुणम्॥ दशग्रीवं महादंष्ट्र नीलाञ्जनचयोपमम्। ताम्रोष्ठं विंशतिभुजं महास्यं दीप्तमूर्धनम्॥

evamuktā tu sā kanyā rāma kālena kenacit| janayāmāsa bībhatsaṃ rakṣorūpaṃ sudāruṇam|| daśagrīvaṃ mahādaṃṣṭra nīlāñjanacayopamam| tāmroṣṭhaṃ viṃśatibhujaṃ mahāsyaṃ dīptamūrdhanam||

English Meaning

Having been thus accosted, the girl, O Rama, after a length of time brought forth a very terrible and hideous offspring having the form of a Raksasa, having ten necks, furnished with large teeth, and resembling a heap of collyrium, with coppery lips, twenty arms, huge faces, and flaming hair.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)