Chapter 53 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 53

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 53.8

तैलेन परिषिच्याथ तेऽग्निं तत्रोपपादयन्। लाङ्गुलेन प्रदीप्तेन राक्षसांस्तानताडयत्॥ रोषामर्षपरीतात्मा बालसूर्यसमाननः।

tailena pariṣicyātha te'gniṃ tatropapādayan| lāṅgulena pradīptena rākṣasāṃstānatāḍayat|| roṣāmarṣaparītātmā bālasūryasamānanaḥ|

English Meaning

Having soaked (the cloth) in oil, they set fire to it. Thereat with his soul overpowered with rage and hatred, and his countenance like the risen sun, he lashed them with his flaming tail.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)