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)