Chapter 42 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 42

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 42.32

ते बभुः शुकनीलाङ्गाः सशला रजनीचरः। विद्युन्मण्डलसंनद्धाः सबलाक इवाम्बुदाः॥

te babhuḥ śukanīlāṅgāḥ saśalā rajanīcaraḥ| vidyunmaṇḍalasaṃnaddhāḥ sabalāka ivāmbudāḥ||

English Meaning

With conchs placed in their mouths, those night-rangers, having bodies blue like those of Śukas, resembled masses of clouds, with lightning and cranes.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)