Valmiki Ramayana Ayodhya Kanda Sarga 23 Shloka 4
Original Shlokaअग्रहस्तं विधुन्वंस्तु हस्ती हस्तमिवात्मनः। तिर्यगूर्ध्वं शरीरे च पातयित्वा शिरोधराम्।।2.23.4।। अग्राक्ष्णा वीक्षमाणस्तु तिर्यग्भ्रातरमब्रवीत्।
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English Translation
हस्ती elephant, आत्मनः its own, हस्तम् इव like its trunk, अग्रहस्तम् forearm, विधुन्वन् shaking, शिरोधराम् neck, शरीरे in the body, तिर्यक् horizontally, ऊर्ध्वंच upward, पातयित्वा casting, अग्राक्ष्णा with pointed look, भ्रातरम् to brother, तिर्यक् obliquely, वीक्षमाणः looking, अब्रवीत् said.
English Commentary
Shaking his forearm like an elephant raising its trunk, moving his neck horizontally and vertically and casting a pointed and oblique look at his brother, Lakshmana said: