Chapter 65 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 65

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 65.45

ते दृष्ट्वा राक्षसश्रेष्ठं वानराः पर्वतोपमम्। वायुनुन्न इव घना ययुः सर्वा दिशस्तदा॥

te dṛṣṭvā rākṣasaśreṣṭhaṃ vānarāḥ parvatopamam| vāyununna iva ghanā yayuḥ sarvā diśastadā||

English Meaning

Seeing that foremost of Rākşasas resembling a hill, the monkeys began to disperse in all the ten cardinal directions like clouds driven by the wind.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)