Chapter 21 — Uttara Kanda, Sarga 21

Valmiki Ramayana — Uttara Kanda

Verse 21.29

ज्वालामाली स तु शरः क्रव्यादानुगतो रणे। मुक्तो गुल्मान्दुमांश्चापि भस्म कृत्वा प्रधावति ॥

jvālāmālī sa tu śaraḥ kravyādānugato raṇe| mukto gulmāndumāṃścāpi bhasma kṛtvā pradhāvati ||

English Meaning

And garlanded with glory that shaft followed byghosts,* in that encounter; rushed on, burning to ashes the loose bushes and trees lying in its way. *The instrument being Siva's, it naturally was followed by ghosts as his attendants.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)