Chapter 55 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 55

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 55.11

अभवत्सुदिने काले दुर्दिनं रूक्षमारुतम्॥ ऊचुः खगमृगाः सर्वे वाचः क्रूरा भयावहाः।

abhavatsudine kāle durdinaṃ rūkṣamārutam|| ūcuḥ khagamṛgāḥ sarve vācaḥ krūrā bhayāvahāḥ|

English Meaning

In a fair day, it looked foul with the wind breathing roughly. And fierce and frightful beasts and birds began to emit cries.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)