Chapter 17 — Kishkindha Kanda, Sarga 17

Valmiki Ramayana — Kishkindha Kanda

Verse 17.7

तस्य माला च देहश्च मर्मघाती च यः शरः। त्रिधेव रचिता लक्ष्मीः पतितस्यापि शोभते॥

tasya mālā ca dehaśca marmaghātī ca yaḥ śaraḥ| tridheva racitā lakṣmīḥ patitasyāpi śobhate||

English Meaning

Though felled to the ground, his beauty appeared as if divided into three, namely, his garland, his body and the shaft piercing his heart.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)