Chapter 17 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 17

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 17.9

शीघ्रं व्यादिश नो राजन्वधायैषां दुरात्मनाम्। निपतन्ति हता यावद्धरण्यामल्पचेतनाः॥

śīghraṃ vyādiśa no rājanvadhāyaiṣāṃ durātmanām| nipatanti hatā yāvaddharaṇyāmalpacetanāḥ||

English Meaning

Do you order us, O king, to destroy these vicious-souled demons. These shall crush them to death, limited as is the tenure of their life.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)