Chapter 62 — Uttara Kanda, Sarga 62

Valmiki Ramayana — Uttara Kanda

Verse 62.5

ततोऽन्तराणि सत्त्वानि खादते स महाबलः। संहारे समनुप्राप्ते व्यादितास्य इवान्तकः॥

tato'ntarāṇi sattvāni khādate sa mahābalaḥ| saṃhāre samanuprāpte vyāditāsya ivāntakaḥ||

English Meaning

And like the Destroyer on the occasion of the universal dissolution, that one possessed of gigantic strength feeds on other creatures as well.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)