Valmiki Ramayana Ayodhya Kanda Sarga 116 Shloka 3

शङ्किताः suspicious, नयनैः with eyes, भृकुटीभिश्च by knitting their eyebrows, रामम् of Rama, निर्दिश्य glancing, अन्योन्यम् to each other, उपजल्पन्तः conversing, मिथः mutually, कथाः incidents, चक्रुः narrated.

Those sages, glancing at Rama with suspicious eyes, knitting their eyebrows and murmering among themselves, conversed secretly.