Chapter 53 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 53

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 53.2

दीर्घमुष्णं विनिःश्वस्य क्रोधेन कलुषीकृतः। अब्रवीद्राक्षसं क्रूरं वज्रदंष्ट्र महाबलम्॥

dīrghamuṣṇaṃ viniḥśvasya krodhena kaluṣīkṛtaḥ| abravīdrākṣasaṃ krūraṃ vajradaṃṣṭra mahābalam||

English Meaning

And collide with passion, and sighing hot for a long time, he addressed a cruel Rākşasa-the exceedingly strong Vajradanșrta. *Lit-the thunder-toothed.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)