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)