Chapter 23 — Uttara Kanda, Sarga 23

Valmiki Ramayana — Uttara Kanda

Verse 23.90

ततो मुहुर्धापयित्वा मुद्गरं यमसंनिभम्। प्राहरत्सोऽतिवेगेन राक्षसस्य रथं प्रति॥ स पपात महावेगो मुद्गरो वसंनिभः। स तूर्णं पातितस्तेन रावणः शक्रकेतुवत्॥

tato muhurdhāpayitvā mudgaraṃ yamasaṃnibham| prāharatso'tivegena rākṣasasya rathaṃ prati|| sa papāta mahāvego mudgaro vasaṃnibhaḥ| sa tūrṇaṃ pātitastena rāvaṇaḥ śakraketuvat||

English Meaning

Then hurling his mace again and again resembling that of Yama, he struck, vehemently, Rāvana's car therewith. That club, resembling the lightening, vehemently descended (upon Ravana's car) and Ravana, like Sakra's banner, was speedily upset by that.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)