Chapter 22 — Uttara Kanda, Sarga 22

Valmiki Ramayana — Uttara Kanda

Verse 22.27

ततो विदुद्रुवुः सर्वे तस्मात्रस्ता रणाजिरे। सुराश्च क्षुभिताः सर्वे दृष्ट्वा दण्डोद्यतं यमम्॥

tato vidudruvuḥ sarve tasmātrastā raṇājire| surāśca kṣubhitāḥ sarve dṛṣṭvā daṇḍodyataṃ yamam||

English Meaning

In the field of battle, everyone afficted with fear, ran away from it. And beholding Yama with his rod uplifted, the celestials were agitated.

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)