Chapter 11 — Uttara Kanda, Sarga 11

Valmiki Ramayana — Uttara Kanda

Verse 11.39

स चाभिषिक्तः क्षणदाचरैस्तदा निवेशयामास पुरी दशाननः। निकामपूर्णा च बभूव सा पुरी निशाचरैर्नीलबलाहकोपमैः।॥

sa cābhiṣiktaḥ kṣaṇadācaraistadā niveśayāmāsa purī daśānanaḥ| nikāmapūrṇā ca babhūva sā purī niśācarairnīlabalāhakopamaiḥ|||

English Meaning

Having been installed, that night-ranger the Ten-faced one dwelt in that city; and that city teemed with night-rangers resembling dark clouds.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)