Chapter 17 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 17

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 17.9

विकृताः पिङ्गलाः कालीः क्रोधनाः कलहप्रियाः। कालायसमहाशूलकूटमुद्गधारिणी:॥

vikṛtāḥ piṅgalāḥ kālīḥ krodhanāḥ kalahapriyāḥ| kālāyasamahāśūlakūṭamudgadhāriṇī:||

English Meaning

Some were terrible-looking, some coppercoloured, some black, some angry and some fond of quarrelling with each other; and some had iron darts, hammers and mallets in their hands.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)