Chapter 69 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 69

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 69.62

ज्वलन्तं प्रासमुद्यम्य संग्रामान्ते नरान्तकः॥ दिक्षु सर्वासु बलवान्विचचार नरान्तकः। प्रमृद्गन्सर्वतो युद्धे प्रावृट्काले यथानिलः।७३।।

jvalantaṃ prāsamudyamya saṃgrāmānte narāntakaḥ|| dikṣu sarvāsu balavānvicacāra narāntakaḥ| pramṛdgansarvato yuddhe prāvṛṭkāle yathānilaḥ|73||

English Meaning

Raising a glowing prasa, the powerful Narāntaka began to range about in the rear of the forces; dashing everywhere (against the foe) in fight, like the wind in the rainy season. *Sangramānte, I presume, means rear of the forces; although literally it means, at the conclusion of the conflict, because this interpretation would not be proper, the battle being now at its hottest.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)