Chapter 26 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 26

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 26.25

तत्क्षणै तु महाघोरं वनं निहतराक्षसम्। बभूव निरयप्रख्यं मांसशोणितकर्दमम्॥

tatkṣaṇai tu mahāghoraṃ vanaṃ nihatarākṣasam| babhūva nirayaprakhyaṃ māṃsaśoṇitakardamam||

English Meaning

And at that time that fearful forest, with the Rākṣasas slaughtered, and with its clay mired with flesh and blood, resembled hell itself.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)