Chapter 107 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 107

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 107.42

मारीचो निहतो यैस्तु खरो यैस्तु सदूषणः॥ क्रौञ्चावटे विराधस्तु कबन्धो दण्डकावने। यैः साला गिरयो भग्ना वाली च क्षुभितोऽम्बुधिः।६०। त इमे सायकाः सर्वे युद्धे प्रात्ययिका मम। किं तु तत्कारणं येन रावणे मन्दतेजसः॥

mārīco nihato yaistu kharo yaistu sadūṣaṇaḥ|| krauñcāvaṭe virādhastu kabandho daṇḍakāvane| yaiḥ sālā girayo bhagnā vālī ca kṣubhito'mbudhiḥ|60| ta ime sāyakāḥ sarve yuddhe prātyayikā mama| kiṃ tu tatkāraṇaṃ yena rāvaṇe mandatejasaḥ||

English Meaning

Verily these are the arrows by which Mārīca was killed and Khara with Dūşaņa was slainVirādaha was destroyed in the forest of Krauñcathe headless demon in the forest of DandakaSālas and mountains were broken the ocean was agitated-and Vāli was killed; I do not perceive the reason, why they were becoming fruitless when discharged at Răvaņa.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)