Hinduism

Tulsidas, Ramayana, Lankâ-kând, Dohâ 75

How was it possible for him to have prosperous omens of good fortune, or even to dream of peace of mind, when he was so infatuated that he desired the ruin of the whole world and was set upon opposing Râma?
The demon host marched on in countless numbers; elephants and chariots, foot and horse, line after line; equipages of every description, wagons and cars, with banners and standards of diverse colour; innumerable troops of infuriated elephants like autumn clouds when driven by the wind; battalions of savage demons of different colours, inspired with all the frenzy of martial

Source The Râmâyana of Tulsi Dâs, trad. F. S. Growse, 1883, archive.org · Contents