Chapter 5 — Uttara Kanda, Sarga 5

Valmiki Ramayana — Uttara Kanda

Verse 5.28

जगभ्रमन्तोऽनिलवद्दुरासदा रणेषु मृत्युप्रतिमानतेजसः। वरप्रदानादपि गर्विता भृशं क्रतुक्रियाणां प्रशमंकराः सदा॥

jagabhramanto'nilavaddurāsadā raṇeṣu mṛtyupratimānatejasaḥ| varapradānādapi garvitā bhṛśaṃ kratukriyāṇāṃ praśamaṃkarāḥ sadā||

English Meaning

Incapable of being confronted (in battle), these resembling Death himself in energy, wondrous elated in consequences of the boon having been conferred on them, ranging the world like to the Wind, were ever engaged in disturbing the sacrifices (of the sages).

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)