Chapter 28 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 28

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 28.2

स्थितान्पश्यसि यानेतान्मत्तानिव महाद्विपान्। न्यग्रोधानिव गाङ्गेयान्सालान्हैमवतानिव॥ एते दुष्प्रसहा राजन्बलिनः कामरूपिणः। दैत्यदानवसंकाशा युद्धे देवपराक्रमाः॥

sthitānpaśyasi yānetānmattāniva mahādvipān| nyagrodhāniva gāṅgeyānsālānhaimavatāniva|| ete duṣprasahā rājanbalinaḥ kāmarūpiṇaḥ| daityadānavasaṃkāśā yuddhe devaparākramāḥ||

English Meaning

Those, o king, whom you see stationed, resembling mad elephants, like to nyagrodhas* belonging to the Gangă, like to Sālas in the Himavān, are incapable of being borne, they are possessed of strength, and able to wear forms at will; resembling deities and Dänavas, and like the gods in conflict. *Banians.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)