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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.20.3

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 20: Lakṣmaṇa opposes fate with effort. He offers to overcome every obstacle by force, Rāma wipes away his tears but remains bound to the promise

In the sequence: Lakṣmaṇa struggles with grief and anger

2.20.3

tasya duṣprativīkṣyaṃ tad bhrukuṭīsahitaṃ tadā
babhau kruddhasya siṃhasya mukhasya sadṛśaṃ mukham

His face then, hard to look upon, contorted with a frown, shone like the face of an angry lion.

Words: tasya — his; duṣprativīkṣyaṃ — hard to look upon; tad — that; bhrukuṭīsahitaṃ — joined with a frown; tadā — then; babhau — shone, appeared; kruddhasya — of the angry; siṃhasya — of a lion; mukhasya — of the face; sadṛśaṃ — like, resembling; mukham — the face

Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki, the ādikavi of the ādikāvya: the first poet of the first poem. Sanskrit: The Vālmīki-Rāmāyaṇa: Critical Edition, Oriental Institute, Baroda, 1960–1975 (gen. eds. G. H. Bhatt, U. P. Shah); IAST from GRETIL (Göttingen). Translation and word glosses: Claude Opus 4.6–4.7; summaries and sequences: ChatGPT Astra (machine-made). Numbering follows the Critical Edition, not the vulgate (e.g. Gita Press, valmikiramayan.net), so sarga and verse numbers can differ from those editions.