Chapter 48 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 48

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 48.24

इन्द्रजित्स रथं दिव्यमाश्रितश्चित्रकार्मुकः। धनुर्विस्फारयामास तडिदूर्जितनिः स्वनम्॥

indrajitsa rathaṃ divyamāśritaścitrakārmukaḥ| dhanurvisphārayāmāsa taḍidūrjitaniḥ svanam||

English Meaning

And Indrajit too, seated on the celestial car and having a painted bow, began to stretch it, emitting a sound resembling that of thunder.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)