Chapter 25 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 25

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 25.7

तत्स्थितं पर्वताग्रेषु निझरेषु गुहासु च। तरमाणं च तीर्णं च ततुकामं च सर्वशः॥ निविष्टं निविशच्चैव भीमनादं महाबलम्। तद्वलार्णवमक्षोभ्यं ददृशाते निशाचरौ ॥

tatsthitaṃ parvatāgreṣu nijhareṣu guhāsu ca| taramāṇaṃ ca tīrṇaṃ ca tatukāmaṃ ca sarvaśaḥ|| niviṣṭaṃ niviśaccaiva bhīmanādaṃ mahābalam| tadvalārṇavamakṣobhyaṃ dadṛśāte niśācarau ||

English Meaning

The forces were on mountain-tops, by fountains and in caves. And those rangers of the night beheld those forces, some having already crossed, and some crossing, and some intent on doing so, and some having sat down and some sitting that mighty army sending terrific roars, that ocean of hosts incapable of being disturbed.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)