Chapter 51 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 51

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 51.33

तस्य व्यायच्छमानस्य रामस्यार्थे स रावणः। पक्षौ पादौ च पाश्वौं च खङ्गमुद्धृत्य सोऽच्छिनत्।।४२

tasya vyāyacchamānasya rāmasyārthe sa rāvaṇaḥ| pakṣau pādau ca pāśvauṃ ca khaṅgamuddhṛtya so'cchinat||42

English Meaning

Jațāyu addressing himself to displaying his prowess for the benefit of Rāma, Rāvaņa taking out his dagger, cut off his two wings, two legs and two sides.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)