Chapter 25 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 25

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 25.9

ते रामे शरवर्षाणि व्यसृजन् रक्षसां गणाः ॥ शेलेन्द्रमिक धाराभिर्वर्षमाणा महाघनाः।

te rāme śaravarṣāṇi vyasṛjan rakṣasāṃ gaṇāḥ || śelendramika dhārābhirvarṣamāṇā mahāghanāḥ|

English Meaning

And mounted on elephants resembling mountain-peaks, numbers of Rākṣasas, intent upon staying Rāma in battle, showered arrows on him, as mighty clouds pour down showers on the monarch of mountains.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)