Chapter 20 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 20

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 20.17

ते भित्वा रक्षसां वेगाद् वक्षांसि रुधिरप्लुताः॥ विनिष्पेतुस्तदा भूमौ वल्मीकादिव पन्नगाः।

te bhitvā rakṣasāṃ vegād vakṣāṃsi rudhiraplutāḥ|| viniṣpetustadā bhūmau valmīkādiva pannagāḥ|

English Meaning

And those Rākşasas, their breasts pierced with vehemence, and themselves bathed in blood, fell down to the carth, like snakes dropping down from an ant hill.

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)