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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.67.13

Araṇya Kāṇḍa, sarga 67: Story of Kabandha. A ṛṣi’s curse and Indra’s thunderbolt produced his deformed body, he asks for cremation to restore his discernment and name a helpful ally

In the sequence: Indra would not negate Brahmā's promise of long life → when Kabandha asked how he could survive without eating, Indra gave him the long arms and belly-mouth with which he now feeds

3.67.13

evam uktas tu me śakro bāhū yojanam āyatau
prādād āsyaṃ ca me kukṣau tīkṣṇadaṃṣṭram akalpayat

“Thus addressed by me, Indra granted me two arms a yojana long, and fashioned in my belly a mouth with sharp fangs.

Words: evam — thus; uktas — addressed; tu — and; me — by me; śakro — Śakra (Indra); bāhū — two arms; yojanam — a yojana (in length); āyatau — long, extended; prādād — granted; āsyaṃ — a mouth; ca — and; me — my; kukṣau — in the belly; tīkṣṇadaṃṣṭram — with sharp fangs; akalpayat — fashioned, formed

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.