Chapter 7 — Uttara Kanda, Sarga 7

Valmiki Ramayana — Uttara Kanda

Verse 7.42

नारायणोऽपीषुवराशनीभिर्विदारयामास धनुर्विमुक्तैः। नक्तंचरान्धूतविमुक्तकेशान्यथाशनीभिः सतडिन्महाभ्रः।।

nārāyaṇo'pīṣuvarāśanībhirvidārayāmāsa dhanurvimuktaiḥ| naktaṃcarāndhūtavimuktakeśānyathāśanībhiḥ sataḍinmahābhraḥ||

English Meaning

And as the thunder-bolt with lightening (riveth) a mighty mass of clouds, Narayana by means of the thunder-bolts of his arrows discharged from his bow, rived the night-rangers with their hair dishevelled and streaming (in the wind).

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)