Chapter 67 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 67

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 67.38

यथा शुष्काण्यरण्यानि ग्रीष्मे दहति पावकः। तथा वानरसैन्यानि कुम्भकर्णो ददाह सः।३९।।

yathā śuṣkāṇyaraṇyāni grīṣme dahati pāvakaḥ| tathā vānarasainyāni kumbhakarṇo dadāha saḥ|39||

English Meaning

As a conflagration burn up a withered forest in the summer, Kumbhakarna burnt that host of the monkeys.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)