Chapter 47 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 47

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 47.20

तमुत्पतन्तं समभिद्रवद् बली स राक्षसानां प्रवरः प्रतापवान्। रथी रथश्रेष्ठतरः किरञ्छरैः पयोधरः शैलमिवाश्मवृष्टिभिः॥

tamutpatantaṃ samabhidravad balī sa rākṣasānāṃ pravaraḥ pratāpavān| rathī rathaśreṣṭhataraḥ kirañcharaiḥ payodharaḥ śailamivāśmavṛṣṭibhiḥ||

English Meaning

As he leapt up, that strong and powerful one-foremost of Raksasas-that car-warrior and the best of choice car warriors-rushed at (Hanuman), showering arrows on him, like a cloud showering hail-stones on a mountain.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)