Chapter 16 — Uttara Kanda, Sarga 16

Valmiki Ramayana — Uttara Kanda

Verse 16.35

ततो महीतलं राम पर्यक्रामत रावणः। क्षत्रियान्सुमहावीर्यान्बाधमानस्ततस्ततः॥ केचित्तेजस्विनः शूराः क्षत्रिया युद्धदुर्मदाः। तच्छासनमकुर्वन्तो विनेशुः सपरिच्छदाः॥

tato mahītalaṃ rāma paryakrāmata rāvaṇaḥ| kṣatriyānsumahāvīryānbādhamānastatastataḥ|| kecittejasvinaḥ śūrāḥ kṣatriyā yuddhadurmadāḥ| tacchāsanamakurvanto vineśuḥ saparicchadāḥ||

English Meaning

Then, O Rāma, Rāvaņa, began to go round the earth. And opposed at places, by the heroic Kșatriyas endowed with energy and irrepressible in fight, fight, who refused submission, he exterminated them along with their retainers.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)