Chapter 88 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 88

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 88.52

शरवर्षं ततो घोरं मुञ्चतोर्भीमनिःस्वनम्। सासारयोरिवाकाशे नीलयोः कालमेघयोः॥

śaravarṣaṃ tato ghoraṃ muñcatorbhīmaniḥsvanam| sāsārayorivākāśe nīlayoḥ kālameghayoḥ||

English Meaning

They discharged dreadful showers attended with tremendous sounds, like the sounds of black clouds at Dooms-day* pouring torrents in the sky. * Kalameghayo (gen). The commentator says the word means (black clouds; but I prefer the sense given.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)