 इत्युक्त्वा परमक्रुद्धो दण्डमुद्यम्य सत्वर:।विधूममिव कालाग्निं यमदण्डमिवापरम्।। 
 Exceedingly furious Vasishta quickly lifted up his staff which looked like the staff of Yama the od of death, like smokeless fire at the time of destruction of the worlds.     Thus ends the fiftyfifth sarga of Balakanda of the holy Ramayana the first epic composed by sage Valmiki. 