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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.65.15

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: they see the rākṣasa Kabandha, a huge, headless and neckless being with one eye in his chest, a mouth in his belly, and two arms a yojana long → he uses those arms to catch and devour forest animals

3.65.15

āsedatus tatas tatra tāv ubhau pramukhe sthitam
vivṛddham aśirogrīvaṃ kabandham udare mukham

Then the two of them approached, standing there before them, that huge, headless and neckless Kabandha with a mouth in his belly.

Words: āsedatus — the two approached, came upon; tatas — then; tatra — there; tāv ubhau — the two of them; pramukhe — in front, before; sthitam — standing; vivṛddham — grown huge, enormous; aśirogrīvaṃ — without head and neck; kabandham — Kabandha (the headless trunk); udare — in the belly; mukham — the mouth

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.