Chapter 23 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 23

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 23.1

तत्प्रयातं बलं घोरमशिवं शोणितोदकम्। अभ्यवर्षन्महागोरस्तुमुलो गर्दवारुणः॥

tatprayātaṃ balaṃ ghoramaśivaṃ śoṇitodakam| abhyavarṣanmahāgorastumulo gardavāruṇaḥ||

English Meaning

As those terrible and inauspicious forces were marching on, a mighty sable cloud with dreadful sounds began to shower down blood.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)