Canto 3 -
Araṇya-kāṇḍa
Chapter 51: Jaṭāyu Fights with Rāvaṇa
Text 3.51.3
स संप्रहारस्तुमुलस्तयोस्तस्मिन्महावने।
बभूव वातोद्धतयोर्मेघयोर्गगने यथा॥
sa saṁprahāras tumulas tayos tasmin mahā-vane
babhūva vātoddhatayor meghayor gagane yathā
saḥ = a; saṁprahāraḥ = fight; tumulaḥ = tumultuous; tayoḥ = between them; tasmin = in the; mahā-vane = great forest [of Daṇḍakāraṇya]; babhūva = ensued; vāta-uddhatayoḥ = impelled by blasts of wind [on them]; meghayoḥ = a clash between two clouds; gagane = in the sky; yathā = resembling.
A tumultuous fight ensued between them in the great forest [of Daṇḍakāraṇya] resembling a clash between two clouds in the sky impelled by blasts of wind [on them].
The “clash” between the two clouds refers to two clouds coming together.