Chapter 16 — Kishkindha Kanda, Sarga 16

Valmiki Ramayana — Kishkindha Kanda

Verse 16.37

अथोक्षितः शोणिततोयविस्त्रवैः सुपुष्पिताशोक इवाचलोद्गतः। विचेतनो वासवसूनुराहवे प्रभ्रंशितेन्द्रध्वजवत् क्षितिं गतः॥

athokṣitaḥ śoṇitatoyavistravaiḥ supuṣpitāśoka ivācalodgataḥ| vicetano vāsavasūnurāhave prabhraṃśitendradhvajavat kṣitiṃ gataḥ||

English Meaning

Thereupon being bathed in blood that son of Vasava, fell senseless on the ground, in the conflict like to a blossoming Asoka growing on a hill and Sakra's banner struck down on the earth.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)