Chapter 59 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 59

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 59.17

रारुह्य घण्टानिनदप्रणादम्। गजं खरं गर्जति वै महात्मा महोदरो नाम स एष वीरः॥

rāruhya ghaṇṭāninadapraṇādam| gajaṃ kharaṃ garjati vai mahātmā mahodaro nāma sa eṣa vīraḥ||

English Meaning

That high souled hero is named Mahodara that, furnished with right coppery eyes resembling the sun new risen, and ascending a car resonant with the sound of bells, shout shrill.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)