Chapter 74 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 74

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 74.31

इति नाग इवारण्ये तोमराङ्कुशतोदितः। पपात भुवि संक्रुद्धो निःश्वसन्निव पन्नगः॥

iti nāga ivāraṇye tomarāṅkuśatoditaḥ| papāta bhuvi saṃkruddho niḥśvasanniva pannagaḥ||

English Meaning

Grieving thus, Bharata, like an elephant in the forest afflicted with a tomara or ankusa,* fell to the earth sighing like an enraged snake. *Names of instruments.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)