Chapter 32 — Uttara Kanda, Sarga 32

Valmiki Ramayana — Uttara Kanda

Verse 32.52

वरदानकृतत्राणे सा गदा रावणोरसि। दुर्बलेव यथावेगं द्विधाभूतापतन्क्षितौ ॥

varadānakṛtatrāṇe sā gadā rāvaṇorasi| durbaleva yathāvegaṃ dvidhābhūtāpatankṣitau ||

English Meaning

But Rāvana was well protected by the boon of the celestial, so the club fell on earth sundered into two pieces like one hurled by a weak wight.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)