Chapter 103 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 103

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 103.27

हरीणां चाश्मनिकरैः शरवर्षैश्च राघवात्। हन्यमानो दशग्रीवो विघूर्णहृदयोऽभवत्॥

harīṇāṃ cāśmanikaraiḥ śaravarṣaiśca rāghavāt| hanyamāno daśagrīvo vighūrṇahṛdayo'bhavat||

English Meaning

Assailed with stones by the monkeys and showers of shafts by Rāghava, the Ten-necked one felt his heart undergoing a revolution.* *Vighurnahrdayah : had his heart paralysed, according to the commentator. I prefer the sense given as more graphic.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)