Chapter 43 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 43

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 43.5

स भूत्वा सुमहाकायः प्रभावान् मारुतात्मजः। धृष्टमास्फोटयामास लङ्कां शब्देन पूरयन्॥

sa bhūtvā sumahākāyaḥ prabhāvān mārutātmajaḥ| dhṛṣṭamāsphoṭayāmāsa laṅkāṃ śabdena pūrayan||

English Meaning

And magnifying his dimensions through his energy, the offspring of the Wind-god fearlessly fell to striking his arms with his bands, and thus filling Lankā with the sounds.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)