Chapter 76 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 76

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 76.69

तस्य वेगेन तत्रासीत्तेजः प्रज्वलितं महत्॥ वज्रनिष्पेषसंजाता ज्वाला मेरोर्यथा गिरेः॥

tasya vegena tatrāsīttejaḥ prajvalitaṃ mahat|| vajraniṣpeṣasaṃjātā jvālā meroryathā gireḥ||

English Meaning

The vehemence (of the blow) caused a great fire to blaze up at that spot, even as the thunderbolt smiting the mountain Meru, make place blazed.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)