Chapter 13 — Uttara Kanda, Sarga 13

Valmiki Ramayana — Uttara Kanda

Verse 13.6

नदी गज इव क्रीडन्वृक्षान्वायुरिव क्षिपन्। नगान्वज्र इवोत्सृष्टो विध्वंसयति राक्षसः॥

nadī gaja iva krīḍanvṛkṣānvāyuriva kṣipan| nagānvajra ivotsṛṣṭo vidhvaṃsayati rākṣasaḥ||

English Meaning

That Rākşasa spread destruction, even as an elephant sporting agitates a river, as the wind bring down trees, or as the thunder-bolt rive mountain-peaks.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)