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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.65.7

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

3.65.7

didṛkṣamāṇau vaidehīṃ tad vanaṃ tau vicikyatuḥ
tatra tatrāvatiṣṭhantau sītāharaṇakarśitau

Longing to see Vaidehī, the two searched that forest, halting here and there, worn down by Sītā's abduction.

Words: didṛkṣamāṇau — the two longing to see; vaidehīṃ — Vaidehī; tad vanaṃ — that forest; tau — the two; vicikyatuḥ — the two searched; tatra — there; tatrāvatiṣṭhantau — halting there again; sītāharaṇakarśitau — worn down by Sītā's abduction

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.