Chapter 38 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 38

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 38.23

स दर्भसंस्तराद् गृह्य ब्रह्मणोऽस्त्रेण योजयत्। स दीप्त इव कालाग्निर्जज्वालाभिमुखो द्विजम्॥

sa darbhasaṃstarād gṛhya brahmaṇo'streṇa yojayat| sa dīpta iva kālāgnirjajvālābhimukho dvijam||

English Meaning

And taking a blade of Kusa off his seat, he tied it to a Brahma weapon. And that blade, facing the bird, appeared with its flaming face, like the fire that would destroy the world.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)