Bala Kanda 74.20
Valmiki Ramayanam (IIT Kanpur) · Bala Kanda 74 · Verse 20
Sanskrit Original
।। स्कन्धे चासज्य परशुं धनुर्विद्युद्गणोपमम् । प्रगृह्य शरमुख्यं च त्रिपुरघ्नं यथा शिवम्।।
৷৷ skandhē cāsajya paraśuṅ dhanurvidyudgaṇōpamam . pragṛhya śaramukhyaṅ ca tripuraghnaṅ yathā śivam৷৷
In that dreadful darkness while the army looked as if covered with ashes, king Dasaratha encountered the repressor of kings, descendant of Bhrugu and son of Jamadagni with a terrible crown of matted hair, inaccessible like Kailasa mountain and unendurable like the fire at the time of dissolution. The laymen gazing at his blazing energy,hanging an axe on his shoulder and holding a bow in his hand which flashed like lighning and the principal arrow he looked like Siva at the time of slaying of Tripura.