Chapter 24 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 24

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 24.28

क्रुद्धस्तैरमुत्प्लुत्य दृष्टमात्रः प्लवंगमैः। गृहीतोऽस्म्यपि चारब्धो हन्तुं लोप्तुं च मुष्टिभिः॥

kruddhastairamutplutya dṛṣṭamātraḥ plavaṃgamaiḥ| gṛhīto'smyapi cārabdho hantuṃ loptuṃ ca muṣṭibhiḥ||

English Meaning

Thereat, as soon as they saw me, the monkeys flying into a wrath, captured me, and attempted to clip my wings and slay me with their clenched fists.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)