Chapter 26 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 26

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 26.8

स च्छिन्नधन्वा विरथो हताश्वो हतसारथिः॥ जग्राह गिरिशृङ्गाभं परिघं रोमहर्षणम्। वेष्टितं काञ्चनैः पट्टैर्देवसैन्याभिमर्दनम्॥ आयसैः शङ्कुभिस्तीक्ष्णैः कीर्णं परवसोक्षितम्। वज्राशनिसमस्पर्श परगोपुरदारणम्॥

sa cchinnadhanvā viratho hatāśvo hatasārathiḥ|| jagrāha giriśṛṅgābhaṃ parighaṃ romaharṣaṇam| veṣṭitaṃ kāñcanaiḥ paṭṭairdevasainyābhimardanam|| āyasaiḥ śaṅkubhistīkṣṇaiḥ kīrṇaṃ paravasokṣitam| vajrāśanisamasparśa paragopuradāraṇam||

English Meaning

His bow cut off, his steeds together with the charioteer slain, and himself deprived of his car, he (Dūşana) took a parigha resembling a mountain peak, able to me one's down stand on end plated with gold, capable of afflicting celestial hosts, studded with sharp iron sankus, and graced with the fal of foes;-of the touch of a thunder-bolt, able to pierce the persons of enemies*. The text may also mean able to rend the cities of foes.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)