Chapter 74 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 74

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 74.40

स पुच्छमुद्यम्य भुजंगकल्पं विनम्य पृष्ठं श्रवणे निकुच्य। मापुप्लुवे व्योम्नि च चण्डवेगः॥

sa pucchamudyamya bhujaṃgakalpaṃ vinamya pṛṣṭhaṃ śravaṇe nikucya| māpupluve vyomni ca caṇḍavegaḥ||

English Meaning

Then upraising his tail resembling a serpent, bending his back, contracting his ears, and opening his mouth looking like that of a mare, that one possessed of terrific impetuosity, bounded into the sky.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)