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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.67.2

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: Kabandha recalls once possessing extraordinary beauty but taking a frightening form to terrify forest munis

3.67.2

so 'haṃ rūpam idaṃ kṛtvā lokavitrāsanaṃ mahat
ṛṣīn vanagatān rāma trāsayāmi tatas tataḥ

“Taking on this great form, a terror to the world, I would frighten the seers who dwelt in the forest, here and there, O Rāma.

Words: so — that, he; 'haṃ — I; rūpam — form; idaṃ — this; kṛtvā — having made, taken on; lokavitrāsanaṃ — a terror to the world; mahat — great; ṛṣīn — the seers; vanagatān — dwelling in the forest; rāma — O Rāma; trāsayāmi — I would frighten; tatas tataḥ — here and there

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.