Chapter 44 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 44

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 44.5

कालाः काञ्चनसंनाहास्तरिमम्मरसि राक्षसाः। संप्रदृश्यन्त शैलेन्द्रा दीप्तौषधिवना इव ॥

kālāḥ kāñcanasaṃnāhāstarimammarasi rākṣasāḥ| saṃpradṛśyanta śailendrā dīptauṣadhivanā iva ||

English Meaning

And, dark-hued, the Raksasas, equipped in golden mail, in that deep darkness appeared like elevated hills clad with woods of flaming incdicinal herbs.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)