Chapter 16 — Kishkindha Kanda, Sarga 16

Valmiki Ramayana — Kishkindha Kanda

Verse 16.36

नरोत्तमः कालयुगान्तकोपमं शरोत्तमं काञ्चनरूपभाषितम्। ससर्ज दीप्तं तममित्रमर्दनं सधूममग्निं मुखतो यथा हरः॥

narottamaḥ kālayugāntakopamaṃ śarottamaṃ kāñcanarūpabhāṣitam| sasarja dīptaṃ tamamitramardanaṃ sadhūmamagniṃ mukhato yathā haraḥ||

English Meaning

As the great God Hara emitted forth fire with smoke from his mouth, so that best of men like to Death hurled an excellent, flaming and foedestroying shaft, resembling gold and death itself.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)