Chapter 30 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 30

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 30.1

भित्वा तु तां गदां बाणे राघवो धर्मवत्सलः। स्मयमान इदं वाक्यं संरब्धमिदमब्रवीत्॥

bhitvā tu tāṃ gadāṃ bāṇe rāghavo dharmavatsalaḥ| smayamāna idaṃ vākyaṃ saṃrabdhamidamabravīt||

English Meaning

Cutting off the mace with his shafts, Rāghava attached to righteousness with a smile said to Khara these angry words.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)