Chapter 6 — Uttara Kanda, Sarga 6

Valmiki Ramayana — Uttara Kanda

Verse 6.52

युगान्तवैश्वानरतुल्यविग्रहैः। निशाचराः संपिवार्य माधवं वरायुधैर्निर्बिभिदुः सहस्रशः॥

yugāntavaiśvānaratulyavigrahaiḥ| niśācarāḥ saṃpivārya mādhavaṃ varāyudhairnirbibhiduḥ sahasraśaḥ||

English Meaning

Then the night-rangers, hemming in Madhava,* began to pierce him with thousands of excellent sharpened weapons dyed in flesh and blood, and resembling the fire of Doomsday. *One of the many designations of Visnu.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)