Chapter 28 — Kishkindha Kanda, Sarga 28

Valmiki Ramayana — Kishkindha Kanda

Verse 28.20

विद्युत्पताकाः सबलाकमालाः शैलेन्द्रकूटाकृतिसंनिकाशाः। गर्जन्ति मेघाः समुदीर्णनादा मत्ता गजेन्द्रा इव संयुगस्थाः॥

vidyutpatākāḥ sabalākamālāḥ śailendrakūṭākṛtisaṃnikāśāḥ| garjanti meghāḥ samudīrṇanādā mattā gajendrā iva saṃyugasthāḥ||

English Meaning

The clouds, resembling the summits of a mountain, having lightnings for pennons and cranes for garlands, are muttering like to infuriated elephants in a field of battle.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)