Chapter 43 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 43

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 43.25

निकुम्भस्तु रणे नीलं नीलाञ्जनचयप्रभम्। निर्बिभेद शरैस्तीक्ष्णैः करैर्मेधमिवांशुमान्॥

nikumbhastu raṇe nīlaṃ nīlāñjanacayaprabham| nirbibheda śaraistīkṣṇaiḥ karairmedhamivāṃśumān||

English Meaning

Nikumbha in fight wounded Nila resembling a mass of blue collyrium, with sharpened shafts, as the Sun pierce clouds with his rays.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)