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)