Chapter 23 — Uttara Kanda, Sarga 23

Valmiki Ramayana — Uttara Kanda

Verse 23.25

महदासीत्ततस्तेषां तुल्यं स्थानमवाप्य तत्। आकाशयुद्धं तुमुलं देवदानवयोरिव ॥

mahadāsīttatasteṣāṃ tulyaṃ sthānamavāpya tat| ākāśayuddhaṃ tumulaṃ devadānavayoriva ||

English Meaning

After they had attained a station of equal vantage (with Ravana) in the sky,* great was the encounter that then took place in the sky, resembling the encounter of the deities and the Dānavas. *Ere the Rāvana was fighting on Puspaka, while Varuna's sons fought on the earth.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)