Chapter 14 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 14

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 14.4

यावन्न गृह्णन्ति शिरांसि बाणा रामेरिता राक्षसपुङ्गवानम्। वज्रोपमा वायुसमानवेगाः प्रदीयतां दाशरथाय मैथिली।४।।

yāvanna gṛhṇanti śirāṃsi bāṇā rāmeritā rākṣasapuṅgavānam| vajropamā vāyusamānavegāḥ pradīyatāṃ dāśarathāya maithilī|4||

English Meaning

Before the shafts shot by Ráma, resembling the thunder-bolt and having impetuosity of the wind, cut off the heads of the foremost of the Rākșasas, do you render Mithila's daughter to the son of Dasaratha.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)