Chapter 14 — Uttara Kanda, Sarga 14

Valmiki Ramayana — Uttara Kanda

Verse 14.13

केचित्समाहता भिन्नाः पतिताः समरे क्षितौ। ओष्ठांश्च दशनैस्तीक्ष्णैरदशन्कुपिता रणे॥ श्रान्ताश्चान्योन्यमालिङ्गय भ्रष्टशस्त्रा रणाजिरे। सीदन्ति च तदा यक्षाः कूला इव जलेन ह॥

kecitsamāhatā bhinnāḥ patitāḥ samare kṣitau| oṣṭhāṃśca daśanaistīkṣṇairadaśankupitā raṇe|| śrāntāścānyonyamāliṅgaya bhraṣṭaśastrā raṇājire| sīdanti ca tadā yakṣāḥ kūlā iva jalena ha||

English Meaning

And some were wounded, and (some) broken down, and (some) measured their lengths on the ground in the encounter, and other Yakşas deprived of their arms in the field, being fatigued, sank down, embracing each other, even as banks drop down, on being worn away by water.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)