Chapter 25 — Uttara Kanda, Sarga 25

Valmiki Ramayana — Uttara Kanda

Verse 25.8

कामगं स्यन्दनं दिव्यमन्तरिक्षचरं ध्रुवम्। मायां च तामसी नाम यया संपद्यते तमः॥

kāmagaṃ syandanaṃ divyamantarikṣacaraṃ dhruvam| māyāṃ ca tāmasī nāma yayā saṃpadyate tamaḥ||

English Meaning

He has also obtained illusory powers, which create darkness or ignorance, namely of ranging in the sky, of being eternal, of ascending a celestial car which curses at will and of creating darkness.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)