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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.33.7

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

3.33.7

meghapratimanādena sa tena dhanadānujaḥ
rākṣasādhipatiḥ śrīmān yayau nadanadīpatim

with that chariot roaring like a thundercloud, the glorious younger brother of Kubera, lord of the rākṣasas, went to the lord of streams and rivers, the ocean.

Words: meghapratimanādena — with a roar like a cloud; sa tena — he, with that; dhanadānujaḥ — the younger brother of Dhanada (Kubera); rākṣasādhipatiḥ — lord of rākṣasas; śrīmān — glorious; yayau — went; nadanadīpatim — the lord of streams and rivers (ocean)

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.