Chapter 21 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 21

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 21.8

प्रेषिताश्च त्वया शूरा राक्षसास्ते चतुर्दश। निहन्तुं राघवं घोरं मत्प्रियार्थं सलक्ष्मणम्॥ ते तु रामेण सामर्षाः शूलपट्टिशपाणयः। समरे निहताः सर्वे सायकैमर्मभेदिभिः॥

preṣitāśca tvayā śūrā rākṣasāste caturdaśa| nihantuṃ rāghavaṃ ghoraṃ matpriyārthaṃ salakṣmaṇam|| te tu rāmeṇa sāmarṣāḥ śūlapaṭṭiśapāṇayaḥ| samare nihatāḥ sarve sāyakaimarmabhedibhiḥ||

English Meaning

And you also had despatched fourteen heroic Rākṣasas, for my hehoof, for slaying the terrific Rāghava along with Lakşmaņa. But all those, bearing ill will (towards Rāma), bearing darts and pattiśas in their hands, have been slain in conflict by means of weapons penetrating into the vitals.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)