Chapter 20 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 20

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 20.12

सर्वैः प्लवंगैः प्रसभं निगृहीतो निशाचरः॥ गगनाद्भूतले चाशु प्रतिगृह्यावतारितः।

sarvaiḥ plavaṃgaiḥ prasabhaṃ nigṛhīto niśācaraḥ|| gaganādbhūtale cāśu pratigṛhyāvatāritaḥ|

English Meaning

On being seized vehemently by all these monkeys, that night-ranger was brought down speedily from the sky to the earth.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)