Chapter 45 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 45

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 45.9

तलेनाभिहनत् कांश्चित्पादैः कांश्चित्परंतपः। मुष्टिभिश्चाहनत्कांश्चिन्नखैः कांश्चिद् व्यदारयत्॥ प्रममाथोरसा कांश्चिदूरुभ्यामपरानपि। केचित्तस्यैव नादेन तत्रैव पतिता भुवि॥

talenābhihanat kāṃścitpādaiḥ kāṃścitparaṃtapaḥ| muṣṭibhiścāhanatkāṃścinnakhaiḥ kāṃścid vyadārayat|| pramamāthorasā kāṃścidūrubhyāmaparānapi| kecittasyaiva nādena tatraiva patitā bhuvi||

English Meaning

That subduer of enemies slew some with slaps, and some he rived with nails, and some he killed by blows, and others with (the pressure of) his chest. And some dropped down on the ground at the very same spot at the sounds that he emitted.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)