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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.2.5

Araṇya Kāṇḍa, sarga 2: Virādha’s attack. The weapon-bearing man-eater seizes Sītā and claims her as his wife, Lakṣmaṇa steadies Rāma and vows to kill him

In the sequence: the travelers encounter a huge, misshapen man-eater wearing a bloodstained tiger skin and carrying an iron spike loaded with lions, tigers, wolves, deer, and an elephant's head

3.2.5

gabhīrākṣaṃ mahāvaktraṃ vikaṭaṃ viṣamodaram
bībhatsaṃ viṣamaṃ dīrghaṃ vikṛtaṃ ghoradarśanam

He was deep-eyed and huge-mouthed, monstrous, with a misshapen belly; loathsome, ill-formed, tall, deformed, and dreadful to look upon.

Words: gabhīrākṣaṃ — deep-eyed; mahāvaktraṃ — huge-mouthed; vikaṭaṃ — monstrous, huge; viṣamodaram — with a misshapen belly; bībhatsaṃ — loathsome, disgusting; viṣamaṃ — ill-formed, uneven; dīrghaṃ — tall, long; vikṛtaṃ — deformed; ghoradarśanam — dreadful to look upon

Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki. 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.