Chapter 35 — Uttara Kanda, Sarga 35

Valmiki Ramayana — Uttara Kanda

Verse 35.48

वायुप्रकोपाद्भूतानि निरुच्छ्वासानि सर्वतः। संधिभिर्भिद्यमानैश्च काष्ठभूतानि जज्ञिरे॥

vāyuprakopādbhūtāni nirucchvāsāni sarvataḥ| saṃdhibhirbhidyamānaiśca kāṣṭhabhūtāni jajñire||

English Meaning

On account of the anger of the Wind-god their breath was completely obstructed, and the joints-as if pierced, became hard as wood.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)