Chapter 7 — Uttara Kanda, Sarga 7

Valmiki Ramayana — Uttara Kanda

Verse 7.16

सूर्यादिव करा घोरा वार्योघा इव सागरात्। पर्वतादिव नागेन्द्रा धारौघा इव चाम्बुदात्॥ तथा शाङ्गविनिर्मुक्ताः शरा नारायणेरितात्। निर्धावन्तीषवस्तूर्णं शतशोथ सहस्रशः॥

sūryādiva karā ghorā vāryoghā iva sāgarāt| parvatādiva nāgendrā dhāraughā iva cāmbudāt|| tathā śāṅgavinirmuktāḥ śarā nārāyaṇeritāt| nirdhāvantīṣavastūrṇaṃ śataśotha sahasraśaḥ||

English Meaning

Like fierce rays streaming about from sun, like torrents dashing from the ocean, like elephants coming adown a mountain, or like showers descending from clouds, the shafts shot by Nārāyaṇa pursue (the foes) by hundreds and by thousands.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)