Chapter 44 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 44

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 44.2

अन्योन्यं बद्धवैराणां घोराणां जयमिच्छताम्। संप्रवृत्तं निशायुद्धं तदा वानररक्षसाम्॥

anyonyaṃ baddhavairāṇāṃ ghorāṇāṃ jayamicchatām| saṃpravṛttaṃ niśāyuddhaṃ tadā vānararakṣasām||

English Meaning

Then commenced a night-engagement between the dreadful Rākşasas and the monkeys of fixed hostility, each party burning for victory.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)