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)