Chapter 7 — Uttara Kanda, Sarga 7

Valmiki Ramayana — Uttara Kanda

Verse 7.41

चक्रकृत्तास्यकमला गदासंचूर्णितोरसः। लाङ्गलग्लपितग्रीवा मुसलैभिन्नमस्तकाः॥ केचिच्चैवासिना छिन्नास्तथान्ये शरताडिताः। निपेतुरम्बरातूर्णं राक्षसाः सागराम्भसि ॥

cakrakṛttāsyakamalā gadāsaṃcūrṇitorasaḥ| lāṅgalaglapitagrīvā musalaibhinnamastakāḥ|| keciccaivāsinā chinnāstathānye śaratāḍitāḥ| nipeturambarātūrṇaṃ rākṣasāḥ sāgarāmbhasi ||

English Meaning

And (some) with their lotus-faces cut by the discus, (some) with their chests crushed with the mace, (some) with their necks torn off by the plough, (some) with their heads riven by the club, and some hewn by the sword, and others pierced by arrows, the Rākṣasas began to drop fast from the sky into the waters of the ocean.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)