Chapter 106 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 106

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 106.8

परितुष्टः स रामस्य तेन वाक्येन मातलिः। प्रचोदयामास रथं सुरसारथिरुत्तमः॥ अपसव्यं ततः कुर्वन्रावणस्य महारथम्। चक्रसंभूतरजसा रावणं व्यवधूनयत्॥

parituṣṭaḥ sa rāmasya tena vākyena mātaliḥ| pracodayāmāsa rathaṃ surasārathiruttamaḥ|| apasavyaṃ tataḥ kurvanrāvaṇasya mahāratham| cakrasaṃbhūtarajasā rāvaṇaṃ vyavadhūnayat||

English Meaning

Pleased with these words of Rāma, the excellent celestial charioteer-Mātalī-drove the car. Then leaving Ravana's mighty car on the right, he enveloped Rāvana with the dust raised by the wheels.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)