Chapter 23 — Uttara Kanda, Sarga 23

Valmiki Ramayana — Uttara Kanda

Verse 23.14

ततोऽश्मनगरं नाम कालकेयैरधिष्ठितम्। गत्वा तु कालकेयांश्च हत्वा तत्र बलोत्कटान्॥ शूर्पणख्याश्च भर्तारमसिना प्राच्छिनत्तदा। श्यालं च बलवन्तं च विद्युज्जिह्व बलोत्कटम्॥ जिह्वया संलिहन्तं च राक्षसं समरे तदा।

tato'śmanagaraṃ nāma kālakeyairadhiṣṭhitam| gatvā tu kālakeyāṃśca hatvā tatra balotkaṭān|| śūrpaṇakhyāśca bhartāramasinā prācchinattadā| śyālaṃ ca balavantaṃ ca vidyujjihva balotkaṭam|| jihvayā saṃlihantaṃ ca rākṣasaṃ samare tadā|

English Meaning

And then going to the city named Asma ruled by the Kālakāyas, (Rāvana) slew the Kālakāyas endowed with terrific strength; and then with his sword cut off his brother-in-law,' the husband of Śūrpanakhā, he mighty Vidyutjibha possessed of terrific strength; as the Rākşasa in the encounter was licking (the limbs of Ravana's followers).

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)