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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.65.18

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

3.65.18

mahādaṃṣṭropapannaṃ taṃ lelihānaṃ mahāmukham
bhakṣayantaṃ mahāghorān ṛkṣasiṃhamṛgadvipān

Him furnished with great fangs, licking his huge mouth, devouring most fearsome bears, lions, deer and elephants;

Words: mahādaṃṣṭropapannaṃ — furnished with great fangs; taṃ — him; lelihānaṃ — licking repeatedly; mahāmukham — of huge mouth; bhakṣayantaṃ — devouring; mahāghorān — most fearsome; ṛkṣasiṃhamṛgadvipān — bears, lions, deer and elephants

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.