Chapter 25 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 25

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 25.29

द्रुमवर्षाणि मुञ्चन्त शिलावर्षाणि राक्षसाः। तद् बभूवाद्भुतं युद्धं तुमुलं रोमहर्षणम्॥ रामस्यास्य महाघोरं पुनस्तेषां च रक्षसाम्।

drumavarṣāṇi muñcanta śilāvarṣāṇi rākṣasāḥ| tad babhūvādbhutaṃ yuddhaṃ tumulaṃ romaharṣaṇam|| rāmasyāsya mahāghoraṃ punasteṣāṃ ca rakṣasām|

English Meaning

And the Räkşasas discharged vollies of trees and crags. And capable of making one's hair stand on end, that battle was dreadful and furious and now on the side of Rāma and now again on : that of the Raksasas.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)