Chapter 87 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 87

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 87.2

सुकुमारो महासत्त्वः सिंहस्कन्धो महाभुजः। पुण्डरीकविशालाक्षस्तरुणः प्रियदर्शनः॥ प्रत्याश्वस्य मुहूर्तं तु कालं परमदुर्मनाः। ससाद सहसा तोत्रैर्हदि विद्ध इव द्विपः॥

sukumāro mahāsattvaḥ siṃhaskandho mahābhujaḥ| puṇḍarīkaviśālākṣastaruṇaḥ priyadarśanaḥ|| pratyāśvasya muhūrtaṃ tu kālaṃ paramadurmanāḥ| sasāda sahasā totrairhadi viddha iva dvipaḥ||

English Meaning

And then taking heart for a while, that tenderfamed one possessed of immense strength, gifted with leonine shoulders and length of arms, having expansive eyes resembling white lotuses, young in years, and endowed with a handsome presence, afflicted with great grief, was overpowered, like an elephant wounded in the heart with a goad.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)