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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.65.23

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

3.65.23

khaḍginau dṛḍhadhanvānau tigmatejau mahābhujau
bhrātarau vivaśaṃ prāptau kṛṣyamāṇau mahābalau

The two brothers, sword-bearing, firm-bowed, of fierce splendour, great-armed and mighty, were reduced to helplessness as they were dragged along.

Words: khaḍginau — the two sword-bearers; dṛḍhadhanvānau — the two of firm bows; tigmatejau — the two of fierce splendour; mahābhujau — the two great-armed; bhrātarau — the two brothers; vivaśaṃ — helplessness, powerlessness; prāptau — the two attained, came to; kṛṣyamāṇau — the two being dragged; mahābalau — the two mighty ones

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.