Chapter 45 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 45

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 45.31

एवं विक्रोशतां तेषां द्विजातीनां निवर्तने। ददृशे तमसा तत्र वारयन्तीव राघवम्॥

evaṃ vikrośatāṃ teṣāṃ dvijātīnāṃ nivartane| dadṛśe tamasā tatra vārayantīva rāghavam||

English Meaning

While the Brāhmaṇas were loudly demanding the return of Rāma, he found the darkness to descend as if forbidding him.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)