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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.65.24

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: he asks who they are and declares that they have arrived as his food

3.65.24

tāv uvāca mahābāhuḥ kabandho dānavottamaḥ
kau yuvāṃ vṛṣabhaskandhau mahākhaḍgadhanurdharau

The mighty-armed Kabandha, chief of Dānavas, said to the two: “Who are you two, bull-shouldered, bearing great swords and bows,

Words: tāv — to the two; uvāca — said; mahābāhuḥ — the mighty-armed; kabandho — Kabandha; dānavottamaḥ — chief of Dānavas; kau — who (two); yuvāṃ — you two; vṛṣabhaskandhau — bull-shouldered; mahākhaḍgadhanurdharau — bearing great swords and bows

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.