Chapter 44 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 44

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 44.15

सा बभूव निशा घोरा हरिराक्षसहारिणी। कालरात्रीव भूतानां सर्वेषां दुरतिक्रमा॥

sā babhūva niśā ghorā harirākṣasahāriṇī| kālarātrīva bhūtānāṃ sarveṣāṃ duratikramā||

English Meaning

That Night, destructive to monkeys and Rākş asas, was dreadful, and difficult of being outsped by all, like to the Fatal Night of beings.

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)