Canto 2 -
Ayodhyā-kāṇḍa
Chapter 74: Bharata Condemns Kaikeyī
Text 2.74.35
इति नाग इवारण्ये तोमराङ्कुशचोदितः।
पपात भुवि सङ्क्रुद्धो निःश्वसन्निव पन्नगः॥
iti nāga ivāraṇye tomarāṅkuśa-coditaḥ
papāta bhuvi saṅkruddho niḥśvasann iva pannagaḥ
iti = [having said] this; nāgaḥ = an elephant in a pit; iva = He resembled; araṇye = in the forest; tomara-aṅkuśa-coditaḥ = when pushed with a lance and a goad; papāta = He fell; bhuvi = on the floor; saṅkruddhaḥ = an angry; niḥśvasan = while sighing; iva = like; pannagaḥ = serpent.
[Having said] this, He fell on the floor while sighing like an angry serpent. He resembled an elephant in a pit in the forest when pushed with a lance and a goad.