Chapter 88 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 88

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 88.4

तं ददर्श महेष्वासो रथस्थः समलंकृतः। अलंकृतममित्रघ्नो रावणस्यात्मजो बली॥ हनूमत्पृष्ठमारूढमुदयस्थरविप्रभम्। उवाचैनं सुसंरब्धः सौमित्रिं सविभीषणम्॥ तांश्च वानरशार्दूलान्पश्यध्वं मे पराक्रमम्। अद्य मत्कार्मुकोत्सृष्टं शरवर्ष दुरासदम्॥ मुक्तवर्षमिवाकाशे धारयिष्यथ संयुगे।

taṃ dadarśa maheṣvāso rathasthaḥ samalaṃkṛtaḥ| alaṃkṛtamamitraghno rāvaṇasyātmajo balī|| hanūmatpṛṣṭhamārūḍhamudayastharaviprabham| uvācainaṃ susaṃrabdhaḥ saumitriṃ savibhīṣaṇam|| tāṃśca vānaraśārdūlānpaśyadhvaṃ me parākramam| adya matkārmukotsṛṣṭaṃ śaravarṣa durāsadam|| muktavarṣamivākāśe dhārayiṣyatha saṃyuge|

English Meaning

That mighty bowman and slayer of foes-the powerful son of Ravana, adorned (with ornaments, and mounted on his chariot, saw him dight (with his own splendour). And fired wrath (Indrajit) addressed Sumitra's son, who, mounted on Hanumān's back, like to the risen sun in splendour-accompanied Vibhīşaña; and he also addressed all those principal monkeys saying, "Do you behold my prowess! today do you in the conflict bear my arrowy shower shot from my bow, incapable of being approached, and resembling the down pour in the sky.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)