Chapter 53 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 53

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 53.24

ताराक्षसगणान्सर्वान्वृक्षमुद्यम्य वीर्यवान्। अङ्गदः क्रोधताम्राक्षः सिंहः क्षुद्रमृगानिव॥ चकार कदनं घोरं शक्रतुल्यपराक्रमः।

tārākṣasagaṇānsarvānvṛkṣamudyamya vīryavān| aṅgadaḥ krodhatāmrākṣaḥ siṃhaḥ kṣudramṛgāniva|| cakāra kadanaṃ ghoraṃ śakratulyaparākramaḥ|

English Meaning

The energetic Angada possessed of the prowess of a lion, with his eyes coppery with wrath, upraising a tree, began to spread terrible destruction among the Rākşasa, even as a lion destroys tiny deer.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)