Chapter 51 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 51

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 51.42

स सौष्ठवोपेतमदीनवादिनः कपेनिशम्याप्रतिमोऽप्रियं वचं। दशाननः कोपविवृत्तलोचनः समादिशत् तस्य वधं महाकपेः॥

sa sauṣṭhavopetamadīnavādinaḥ kapeniśamyāpratimo'priyaṃ vacaṃ| daśānanaḥ kopavivṛttalocanaḥ samādiśat tasya vadhaṃ mahākapeḥ||

English Meaning

Hearing the distasteful yet excellent speech of the bold and matchless monkey, the ten-necked one, with his eyes whirling in wrath, ordered the destruction of that mighty monkey.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)