Chapter 9 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 9

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 9.13

तस्मिन् महति संग्रामे पुरुषान् क्षतविक्षतान्। रात्रौ प्रसुप्तान ध्वन्ति स्म तरसापास्य राक्षसाः॥

tasmin mahati saṃgrāme puruṣān kṣatavikṣatān| rātrau prasuptāna dhvanti sma tarasāpāsya rākṣasāḥ||

English Meaning

And in that mighty conflict the Rākşasas during the night used to drag by main force persons asleep having their bodies cut all over, and kill them.

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)