Chapter 88 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 88

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 88.31

तस्य ज्यातलनिर्घोषं स श्रुत्वा राक्षसाधिपः। विवर्णवदनो भूत्वा लक्ष्मणं समुदैक्षत॥

tasya jyātalanirghoṣaṃ sa śrutvā rākṣasādhipaḥ| vivarṇavadano bhūtvā lakṣmaṇaṃ samudaikṣata||

English Meaning

And hearing the twang of his bow-string the lord of Rākṣasas, with his countenance fallen, gazed at Laksmana.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)