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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.65.19

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

3.65.19

ghorau bhujau vikurvāṇam ubhau yojanam āyatau
karābhyāṃ vividhān gṛhya ṛṣkān pakṣigaṇān mṛgān

Flailing his two terrible arms, both a yojana long, seizing with his hands various bears, flocks of birds and beasts,

Words: ghorau — the two terrible; bhujau — arms; vikurvāṇam — flailing, brandishing; ubhau — both; yojanam — a yojana (in length); āyatau — extended, long; karābhyāṃ — with the two hands; vividhān — various; gṛhya — having seized; ṛṣkān — bears; pakṣigaṇān — flocks of birds; mṛgān — beasts, deer

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.