Chapter 23 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 23

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 23.6

प्रभिन्नगजसंकाशास्तोयशोणितधारिणः। आकाशं तदनाकाशं चक्रुभीमाम्बुवाहकाः॥

prabhinnagajasaṃkāśāstoyaśoṇitadhāriṇaḥ| ākāśaṃ tadanākāśaṃ cakrubhīmāmbuvāhakāḥ||

English Meaning

And terrific clouds surcharged with water and blood, and resembling elephants with rent temples, enveloped the sky.

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)