Chapter 28 — Uttara Kanda, Sarga 28

Valmiki Ramayana — Uttara Kanda

Verse 28.26

एतस्मिन्नन्तरे शूरो दशग्रीवः प्रतापवान्। आरुरोह रथं दिव्यं निर्मितं विश्वकर्मणा।२९।। पन्नगैः सुमहाकायैर्वेष्टितं लोमहर्षणैः। येषां निःश्वासवातेन प्रदीप्तमिव संयुगे॥

etasminnantare śūro daśagrīvaḥ pratāpavān| āruroha rathaṃ divyaṃ nirmitaṃ viśvakarmaṇā|29|| pannagaiḥ sumahākāyairveṣṭitaṃ lomaharṣaṇaiḥ| yeṣāṃ niḥśvāsavātena pradīptamiva saṃyuge||

English Meaning

In the interval the heroic and the highly powerful Daśagrīva ascended the celestial car, constructed by the Architect of the deities, encircled by the huge-bodied serpents capable of making down erect and by whose breath the battle-field was ablaze.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)