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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.65.6

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

3.65.6

nānāmeghaghanaprakhyaṃ prahṛṣṭam iva sarvataḥ
nānāvarṇaiḥ śubhaiḥ puṣpair mṛgapakṣigaṇair yutam

(A forest) resembling a mass of many clouds, as though joyful on every side, furnished with lovely flowers of various hues and with flocks of beasts and birds.

Words: nānāmeghaghanaprakhyaṃ — resembling a mass of many clouds; prahṛṣṭam — joyful, delighted; iva — as though; sarvataḥ — on every side; nānāvarṇaiḥ — of various colours; śubhaiḥ — lovely, bright; puṣpair — with flowers; mṛgapakṣigaṇair — with flocks of beasts and birds; yutam — furnished with, joined with

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.