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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.29.10

Bāla Kāṇḍa, sarga 29: Protection of Siddhāśrama: Rāma’s three astras. Rāma casts Mārīca into the sea with the Mānava astra, kills Subāhu with the Āgneya astra and defeats the remaining rākṣasas with the Vāyavya astra, allowing the yajña to finish

In the sequence: Mārīca, Subāhu, and their followers sweep in like a raincloud, using magic and pouring down streams of blood

1.29.10

āvārya gaganaṃ megho yathā prāvṛṣi nirgataḥ
tathā māyāṃ vikurvāṇau rākṣasāv abhyadhāvatām

As a cloud, veiling the sky, comes forth in the rainy season, so the two rākṣasas, conjuring up their magic, rushed on.

Words: āvārya — having covered, veiled; gaganaṃ — the sky; megho — a cloud; yathā — as; prāvṛṣi — in the rainy season; nirgataḥ — come forth, arisen; tathā — so; māyāṃ — magic, illusion; vikurvāṇau — conjuring up, working (dual); rākṣasāv — the two rākṣasas; abhyadhāvatām — the two rushed on, ran up

Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki, the ādikavi of the ādikāvya: the first poet of the first poem. Sanskrit: The Vālmīki-Rāmāyaṇa: Critical Edition, Oriental Institute, Baroda, 1960–1975 (gen. eds. G. H. Bhatt, U. P. Shah); IAST from GRETIL (Göttingen). Translation and word glosses: Claude Opus 4.6–4.7; summaries and sequences: ChatGPT Astra (machine-made). Numbering follows the Critical Edition, not the vulgate (e.g. Gita Press, valmikiramayan.net), so sarga and verse numbers can differ from those editions.