Chapter 6 — Uttara Kanda, Sarga 6

Valmiki Ramayana — Uttara Kanda

Verse 6.51

सुपर्णपक्षानिलनुनपक्षं भ्रमत्पताकं प्रविकीर्णशस्त्रम्। चचाल तद्राक्षसराजसैन्यं चलोपलं नीलमिवाचलानम्॥

suparṇapakṣānilanunapakṣaṃ bhramatpatākaṃ pravikīrṇaśastram| cacāla tadrākṣasarājasainyaṃ calopalaṃ nīlamivācalānam||

English Meaning

The Raksasa-hosts, struck by the wind produced by the wings of Suparņa, with their pennons swinging to and fro and their weapons scattered about, quaked like the blue summit of a mountain with its crags tossed about.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)