Chapter 26 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 26

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 26.9

तं महोरगसंकाशं प्रगृह्य परिघं रणे। दूषणोऽभ्यपतद् रामं क्रूरकर्मा निशाचरः॥

taṃ mahoragasaṃkāśaṃ pragṛhya parighaṃ raṇe| dūṣaṇo'bhyapatad rāmaṃ krūrakarmā niśācaraḥ||

English Meaning

And taking up in that encounter the parigha (an iron club) resembling a mighty snake, that ranger of the night of cruel deeds Duşaņa, rushed towards Rāina.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)