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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.47.9

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

3.47.9

saṃraktanayanaḥ krodhāj jīmūtanicayaprabhaḥ
raktāmbaradharas tasthau strīratnaṃ prekṣya maithilīm

With eyes reddened by rage, glowing like a bank of thunderclouds, clad in red garments, he stood gazing upon Maithilī, that jewel among women.

Words: saṃraktanayanaḥ — with reddened eyes; krodhāj — from anger; jīmūtanicayaprabhaḥ — shining like a mass of storm-clouds; raktāmbaradharas — wearing red garments; tasthau — he stood; strīratnaṃ — the jewel among women; prekṣya — gazing at; maithilīm — Maithilī

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.