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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.47.5

Araṇya Kāṇḍa, sarga 47: Sītā’s abduction. Rāvaṇa reveals his ten-faced form and lifts her into his flying chariot, she calls on the forest, river and Jaṭāyu to inform Rāma

In the sequence: he abandons the parivrājaka disguise and reveals his huge, ten-faced, armed form

3.47.5

evam uktavatas tasya rāvaṇasya śikhiprabhe
kruddhasya hariparyante rakte netre babhūvatuḥ

As Rāvaṇa spoke thus in his fury, his two eyes, glowing like fire and tawny at the corners, turned red.

Words: evam — thus; uktavatas — of (him) having spoken; tasya — his; rāvaṇasya — of Rāvaṇa; śikhiprabhe — fire-bright (the two eyes); kruddhasya — of the angry one; hariparyante — tawny at the edges; rakte — red; netre — (the two) eyes; babhūvatuḥ — became (the two)

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.