Chapter 4 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 4

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 4.46

सर्वं चैतद्विनाशाय राक्षसानामुपस्थितम्। काले कालगृहीतानां नक्षत्रं ग्रहपीडितम्॥

sarvaṃ caitadvināśāya rākṣasānāmupasthitam| kāle kālagṛhītānāṃ nakṣatraṃ grahapīḍitam||

English Meaning

All this is for the destruction of the Rākşasas. At the fated time, those that are in the clutches of Death, have their stars afflicted by the planets.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)