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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.65.22

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: reaching out, he seizes both brothers and drags them toward him

3.65.22

sa mahābāhur atyarthaṃ prasārya vipulau bhujau
jagrāha sahitāv eva rāghavau pīḍayan balāt

That mighty-armed one, stretching out his two vast arms exceedingly far, seized both the Rāghavas together, crushing them by force.

Words: sa — he; mahābāhur — the mighty-armed; atyarthaṃ — exceedingly; prasārya — having stretched out; vipulau — the two vast; bhujau — arms; jagrāha — seized; sahitāv — the two together; eva — indeed; rāghavau — the two Rāghavas; pīḍayan — crushing, pressing; balāt — by force

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.