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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.65.27

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: Rāma laments that another mortal danger has overtaken them before they can find Sītā, but steadies his resolve to act.

3.65.27

tasya tadvacanaṃ śrutvā kabandhasya durātmanaḥ
uvāca lakṣmaṇaṃ rāmo mukhena pariśuṣyatā

Hearing that speech of the evil-souled Kabandha, Rāma, with a face going dry, said to Lakṣmaṇa:

Words: tasya — his; tadvacanaṃ — that speech; śrutvā — having heard; kabandhasya — of Kabandha; durātmanaḥ — of the evil-souled; uvāca — said; lakṣmaṇaṃ — to Lakṣmaṇa; rāmo — Rāma; mukhena — with a face; pariśuṣyatā — drying up, going parched

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.