Chapter 85 — Uttara Kanda, Sarga 85

Valmiki Ramayana — Uttara Kanda

Verse 85.13

कालाग्निनेव घोरेण दीप्तेनेव महार्चिषा। पतता वृत्रशिरसा जगत्त्रासमुपागमत्॥

kālāgnineva ghoreṇa dīpteneva mahārciṣā| patatā vṛtraśirasā jagattrāsamupāgamat||

English Meaning

That dreadful burning thunderbolt, like to the fire of dissolution, falling on Vrtra's head, the three worlds were agitated.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)