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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.65.14

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

3.65.14

taṃ śabdaṃ kāṅkṣamāṇas tu rāmaḥ kakṣe sahānujaḥ
dadarśa sumahākāyaṃ rākṣasaṃ vipulorasaṃ

Seeking out that sound, Rāma, together with his younger brother, saw in the thicket a rākṣasa of enormous body and broad chest.

Words: taṃ śabdaṃ — that sound; kāṅkṣamāṇas — seeking, tracking; tu — and; rāmaḥ — Rāma; kakṣe — in the thicket, undergrowth; sahānujaḥ — together with his younger brother; dadarśa — saw; sumahākāyaṃ — of enormous body; rākṣasaṃ — a rākṣasa; vipulorasaṃ — broad-chested

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.