Chapter 111 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 111

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 111.30

श्वाविधः शललैर्युक्तं लग्नैर्बाणैर्निरन्तरम् ॥ स्वर्पितैर्मर्मसु भृशं संछिन्नस्नायुबन्धनम्। क्षितौ निपतितं राजश्यामं वै रुधिरच्छवि॥ वज्रप्रहारमभितो विकीर्ण इव पर्वतः।

śvāvidhaḥ śalalairyuktaṃ lagnairbāṇairnirantaram || svarpitairmarmasu bhṛśaṃ saṃchinnasnāyubandhanam| kṣitau nipatitaṃ rājaśyāmaṃ vai rudhiracchavi|| vajraprahāramabhito vikīrṇa iva parvataḥ|

English Meaning

This your person has been pierced with shafts today; (and knowing) that it is not easy of attainment for me I am incapable of embracing (it) covered with shafts piercing through the very vitals. O king (this your body) green-hued (but now) blood-red is now lying on the ground like to a mountain shattered with thunder-bolts.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)