Chapter 26 — Bala Kanda, Sarga 26

Valmiki Ramayana — Bala Kanda

Verse 26.20

सा रुद्धा बाणजालेन मायाबलसमन्विता॥ अभिदुद्राव काकुत्स्थं लक्ष्मणं च विनेदुषी। तामापतन्ती वेगेन विक्रान्तामशनीमिव ॥ शरेणोरसि विव्याध सा पपात ममार च।

sā ruddhā bāṇajālena māyābalasamanvitā|| abhidudrāva kākutsthaṃ lakṣmaṇaṃ ca vineduṣī| tāmāpatantī vegena vikrāntāmaśanīmiva || śareṇorasi vivyādha sā papāta mamāra ca|

English Meaning

Being thus hemmed in with a network of shafts, she possessed of the powers of illusion, rushed against Kākutstha and Lakşmaņa, uttering terrible roars. And as that Yaksi, in prowess like to a thunder-bolt, was rushing on, Rāma pierced her chest with arrows, and thereat she dropped down and died.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)