← 3.65.12 · Araṇya Kāṇḍa 65: Kabandha’s grasp · 3.65.14 →

Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.65.13

Araṇya Kāṇḍa, sarga 65: Kabandha’s grasp. A headless being with a chest-eye, belly-mouth and two long arms seizes both brothers as they search the forest

In the sequence: a tremendous noise rises from the woods, and the brothers investigate

3.65.13

saṃveṣṭitam ivātyarthaṃ gahanaṃ mātariśvanā
vanasya tasya śabdo 'bhūd divam āpūrayann iva

The thicket seemed exceedingly whirled about by the wind; the sound of that forest arose as though filling the sky.

Words: saṃveṣṭitam — whirled about, enveloped; ivātyarthaṃ — as if exceedingly; gahanaṃ — the thicket, dense wood; mātariśvanā — by the wind; vanasya — of the forest; tasya — that; śabdo — the sound; 'bhūd — arose, was; divam — the sky, heaven; āpūrayann — filling; iva — as though

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.