Chapter 6 — Uttara Kanda, Sarga 6

Valmiki Ramayana — Uttara Kanda

Verse 6.42

संपतन्त्यथ भूतानि दृश्यन्ते च यथाक्रमम्। गृध्रचक्रं महच्चात्र प्रज्वालोदारिभिर्मुखैः॥ रक्षोगणस्योपरिष्टात्परिभ्रमति कालवत्।

saṃpatantyatha bhūtāni dṛśyante ca yathākramam| gṛdhracakraṃ mahaccātra prajvālodāribhirmukhaiḥ|| rakṣogaṇasyopariṣṭātparibhramati kālavat|

English Meaning

Creatures were one after another seen to drop down; and mighty swarms of vultures, with mouths belching forth flames, began to wheel over the Raksasa, like to Kala himself.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)