Chapter 92 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 92

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 92.23

कालाग्निरिव संक्रुद्धो यां यां दिशमवैक्षत। तस्यां तस्यां भयत्रस्ता राक्षसाः संविलिल्यिरे।। तमन्तकमिव क्रुद्धं चराचरचिखादिषुम्। वीक्षमाणं दिशः सर्वा राक्षसा नोपचक्रमुः॥

kālāgniriva saṃkruddho yāṃ yāṃ diśamavaikṣata| tasyāṃ tasyāṃ bhayatrastā rākṣasāḥ saṃvililyire|| tamantakamiva kruddhaṃ carācaracikhādiṣum| vīkṣamāṇaṃ diśaḥ sarvā rākṣasā nopacakramuḥ||

English Meaning

The Rakşasas durst not approach that one eyeing round and resembling the Destroyer himself, intent on devouring both mobile and immobile.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)