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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.33.10

Araṇya Kāṇḍa, sarga 33: Rāvaṇa’s flight and Garuḍa’s story. He passes the banyan of Garuḍa’s broken branch and amṛta quest, then reaches Mārīca’s hermitage

In the sequence: mounting the jewel-decorated, wish-moving chariot drawn by goblin-faced mules, he flies toward the ocean

3.33.10

kāmagaṃ ratham āsthāya śuśubhe rākṣasādhipaḥ
vidyunmaṇḍalavān meghaḥ sabalāka ivāmbare

Mounted on his chariot that goes at will, the lord of rākṣasas shone like a cloud in the sky, girt with a garland of lightning and accompanied by cranes.

Words: kāmagaṃ — going at will; ratham — the chariot; āsthāya — having mounted; śuśubhe — shone; rākṣasādhipaḥ — the lord of rākṣasas; vidyunmaṇḍalavān — having a circle of lightning; meghaḥ — a cloud; sabalāka — with cranes; ivāmbare — like, in the sky

Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki. 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.