Chapter 37 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 37

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 37.28

ततस्तु रामो महता बलेन प्रच्छाद्य सर्वां पृथिवीं महात्मा। प्रहृष्टरूपोऽभिजगाम लङ्कां कृत्वा मतिं सोऽरिवधे महात्मा॥

tatastu rāmo mahatā balena pracchādya sarvāṃ pṛthivīṃ mahātmā| prahṛṣṭarūpo'bhijagāma laṅkāṃ kṛtvā matiṃ so'rivadhe mahātmā||

English Meaning

Then, environed by a mighty host, the highsouled and magnanimous Rāma, his features mirroring forth high exultation, overshadowing the entire Earth (with his forces), set out for Lankā, determined upon destroying the enemy.

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)