Chapter 21 — Uttara Kanda, Sarga 21

Valmiki Ramayana — Uttara Kanda

Verse 21.14

ते प्रासैः परिधैः शूलैर्मुसलैः शक्तितोमरैः। पुष्पकं समधर्षन्त शूराः शतसहस्रशः॥ तस्यासनानि प्रासादन्वेदिकास्तोरणानि च। पुष्पकस्य बभञ्जुस्ते शीघ्रं मधुकरा इव ॥

te prāsaiḥ paridhaiḥ śūlairmusalaiḥ śaktitomaraiḥ| puṣpakaṃ samadharṣanta śūrāḥ śatasahasraśaḥ|| tasyāsanāni prāsādanvedikāstoraṇāni ca| puṣpakasya babhañjuste śīghraṃ madhukarā iva ||

English Meaning

And those heroes by hundreds and by thousands assailed (Puspaka) with prāsas, and bludgeons, and darts and maces, and spears and tomaras. And swiftly swarming like bees, they began to break the seats, blocks, daises and gateways (of the car.)

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)