Chapter 75 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 75

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 75.20

सा बभूव मुहूर्तेन हरिभिर्दीपिता पुरी। लोकस्यास्य क्षये घोरे प्रदीप्तेव वसुंधरा ॥

sā babhūva muhūrtena haribhirdīpitā purī| lokasyāsya kṣaye ghore pradīpteva vasuṃdharā ||

English Meaning

In a short time that city set on fire by the monkeys, looked like the earth glowing at the time of the Universal dissolution.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)