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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.65.5

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: three krośas beyond Janasthāna they enter the dense Krauñca forest and search it, stopping here and there

3.65.5

tataḥ paraṃ janasthānāt trikrośaṃ gamya rāghavau
krauñcāraṇyaṃ viviśatur gahanaṃ tau mahaujasau

Then, going three krośas beyond Janasthāna, the two Rāghavas of great vigour entered the dense Krauñca forest.

Words: tataḥ — then; paraṃ — beyond; janasthānāt — from Janasthāna; trikrośaṃ — three krośas (a distance); gamya — having gone; rāghavau — the two Rāghavas; krauñcāraṇyaṃ — the Krauñca forest; viviśatur — the two entered; gahanaṃ — dense; tau — the two; mahaujasau — the two of great vigour

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.