Chapter 24 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 24

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 24.29

तत्कार्मुकैराभरणै रथैश्च तद्वर्मभिश्चाग्निसमानवर्णैः। बभूव सैन्यं पिशिताशनानां सूर्योदये नीलमिवाभ्रजालम्।

tatkārmukairābharaṇai rathaiśca tadvarmabhiścāgnisamānavarṇaiḥ| babhūva sainyaṃ piśitāśanānāṃ sūryodaye nīlamivābhrajālam|

English Meaning

Furnished with bows and ornaments and cars and mail hued like fire, that army of those subsisting on flesh, appeared like masses of blue clouds at sunrise.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)