Chapter 8 — Uttara Kanda, Sarga 8

Valmiki Ramayana — Uttara Kanda

Verse 8.12

स्कन्दोत्सृष्टेव सा शक्तिर्गोविन्दकरनिःसृता। काङ्क्षन्ती राक्षसं प्रायान्महोल्केवाञ्जनाचलम्॥ सा तस्योरसि विस्तीर्णे हारभारावभासिते। आपतद्राक्षसेन्द्रस्य गिरिकूट इवाशनिः॥

skandotsṛṣṭeva sā śaktirgovindakaraniḥsṛtā| kāṅkṣantī rākṣasaṃ prāyānmaholkevāñjanācalam|| sā tasyorasi vistīrṇe hārabhārāvabhāsite| āpatadrākṣasendrasya girikūṭa ivāśaniḥ||

English Meaning

Thereat the dart discharged by the hand of Govinda like to the Dart discharged by the hand of Skanda, rushing towards the Rākṣasa like a meteor coursing towards the Anjana mountain, descended on the spacious chest of the lord of the Rākşasas decked with the weight of a chain, even as the thunder clap bursts at the summit of the mountain.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)