Chapter 85 — Uttara Kanda, Sarga 85

Valmiki Ramayana — Uttara Kanda

Verse 85.10

तेऽपश्यंस्तेजसा भूतं तपन्तमसुरोत्तमम्। पिबन्तमिव लोकास्त्रीनिर्दहन्तमिवाम्बरम्॥

te'paśyaṃstejasā bhūtaṃ tapantamasurottamam| pibantamiva lokāstrīnirdahantamivāmbaram||

English Meaning

Arriving there they observed that the leading Asura was spreading rays all over, the outcome of his own effulgence, as if devouring the three worlds and burning down the quarters.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)