कथं शूर्पणखा वृद्धा कराला निर्णतोदरी। आससाद वने रामं कंदर्पसमरूपिणम्॥
kathaṃ śūrpaṇakhā vṛddhā karālā nirṇatodarī| āsasāda vane rāmaṃ kaṃdarpasamarūpiṇam||
English Meaning
Alas! why did the aged and grim-visaged Śūrpanakhă, having her belly extending down ward, behold in the forest Rāma graceful like Kandarpa.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)