Chapter 70 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 70

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 70.9

दक्षिणो दक्षिणं बाहुमलक्तमसिना ततः। चिच्छेद रामो वेगेन सव्यं वीरस्तु लक्ष्मणः॥

dakṣiṇo dakṣiṇaṃ bāhumalaktamasinā tataḥ| ciccheda rāmo vegena savyaṃ vīrastu lakṣmaṇaḥ||

English Meaning

Rāma, stationed on the right side cut off in no time its right arm with his dagger and the heroic Laksmana, the left one. It may mean also expert.

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)