Chapter 23 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 23

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 23.9

कङ्कगोमायुगृध्राश्च चुक्रुशुर्भयशंसिनः। नित्याशिवकरा युद्धे शिवा घोरनिदर्शनाः॥ नेदुर्बलस्याभिमुखं ज्वालोद्गारिभिराननैः।

kaṅkagomāyugṛdhrāśca cukruśurbhayaśaṃsinaḥ| nityāśivakarā yuddhe śivā ghoranidarśanāḥ|| nedurbalasyābhimukhaṃ jvālodgāribhirānanaiḥ|

English Meaning

Kankas, Gomayas and vultures, portending fear, began to cry. Ever inauspicious in war, jackals presaging evil, with their mouths belching forth flame, howled in the face of the forces.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)