Chapter 32 — Uttara Kanda, Sarga 32

Valmiki Ramayana — Uttara Kanda

Verse 32.3

जिज्ञासुः स तु बाहूनां सहस्रस्योत्तमं बलम्। रुरोध नर्मदावेगं बाहुभिर्बहुभिर्वृतः॥

jijñāsuḥ sa tu bāhūnāṃ sahasrasyottamaṃ balam| rurodha narmadāvegaṃ bāhubhirbahubhirvṛtaḥ||

English Meaning

In order to measure the strength of his thousand arms the King of Haihayas obstructed the course of Narmadă.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)