Chapter 25 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 25

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 25.24

तेषां बाणैर्महाबाहुः शस्त्राण्यावार्य वीर्यवान्। जहार समरे प्राणांश्चिच्छेद च शिरोधरान्॥

teṣāṃ bāṇairmahābāhuḥ śastrāṇyāvārya vīryavān| jahāra samare prāṇāṃściccheda ca śirodharān||

English Meaning

Thereupon resisting by means of shafts those weapons of theirs, the mighty-armed Rāma endued with prowess, took their lives in the conflict, and cut off the heads (of warriors).

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)