Chapter 23 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 23

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 23.8

क्षतजासवर्णाभा संध्या कालं बिना बभौ। खरं चाभिमुखं नेदुस्तदा घोरा मृगाः खगाः॥

kṣatajāsavarṇābhā saṃdhyā kālaṃ binā babhau| kharaṃ cābhimukhaṃ nedustadā ghorā mṛgāḥ khagāḥ||

English Meaning

And out of season, there appeared evening hued like a cloth soaked in blood. And facing Khara, terrible beasts and birds set up cries.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)