Chapter 55 — Bala Kanda, Sarga 55

Valmiki Ramayana — Bala Kanda

Verse 55.4

दृष्ट्वा निषूदितं सैन्यं वसिष्ठेन महात्मना। विश्वामित्रसुतानां तु शतं नानाविधायुधम्॥ अभ्यधावत् सुसंक्रुद्धं वसिष्ठं जगतां वरम्। हुंकारेणैव तान् सर्वान् निर्ददाह महानृषिः॥

dṛṣṭvā niṣūditaṃ sainyaṃ vasiṣṭhena mahātmanā| viśvāmitrasutānāṃ tu śataṃ nānāvidhāyudham|| abhyadhāvat susaṃkruddhaṃ vasiṣṭhaṃ jagatāṃ varam| huṃkāreṇaiva tān sarvān nirdadāha mahānṛṣiḥ||

English Meaning

Seeing the army annihilated by the highsouled Vasiştha, the hundred sons of Viśvāmitra, equipped with various weapons, rushed in high ire against that best of mantra-reciting ones. Thereupon, uttering a roar, that mighty ascetic consumed them quite.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)