Chapter 71 — Bala Kanda, Sarga 71

Valmiki Ramayana — Bala Kanda

Verse 71.16

तस्याप्रदानान्महर्षे युद्धमासीन्मया सह । स हतोऽभिमुखो राजा सुधन्वा तु मया रणे॥

tasyāpradānānmaharṣe yuddhamāsīnmayā saha | sa hato'bhimukho rājā sudhanvā tu mayā raṇe||

English Meaning

And is consequence of my not granting him either, king Sudhanvan, O Brahmarsi, entered into hostilities with me; but he was both defeated and slain by me in the encounter.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)