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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.65.4

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: After the funeral offerings, the brothers set out again in search of Sītā; the opening verse names a westward departure, while the following verses describe their progress south along a difficult path

3.65.4

vyatikramya tu vegena gṛhītvā dakṣiṇāṃ diśam
subhīmaṃ tan mahāraṇyaṃ vyatiyātau mahābalau

Pressing through it swiftly and keeping to the southern quarter, the two mighty ones traversed that most fearsome great forest.

Words: vyatikramya — having crossed over, pressed through; tu — and; vegena — swiftly, with speed; gṛhītvā — having taken, kept to; dakṣiṇāṃ — southern; diśam — the quarter; subhīmaṃ — most fearsome; tan — that; mahāraṇyaṃ — the great forest; vyatiyātau — the two traversed, passed through; mahābalau — the two mighty ones

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.