Chapter 31 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 31

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 31.19

अथ सुप्तस्य रामस्य प्रहस्तेन प्रमाथिना। असक्तं कृतहस्तेन शिरश्छिन्नं महासिना॥

atha suptasya rāmasya prahastena pramāthinā| asaktaṃ kṛtahastena śiraśchinnaṃ mahāsinā||

English Meaning

While Räma was sleeping, the furious Prahasta by means of a mighty falchion, with speed cut off his head clean.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)