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)