Chapter 40 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 40

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 40.10

परस्परं स्वेदविदिग्धगात्रौ परस्परं शोणितरक्तदेहौ। परस्परं श्लिष्टनिरुद्धचेष्टौ परस्परं शाल्मलिकिंशुकाविव।। मुष्टिप्रहारैश्च तलप्रहारैररनिघातैश्च कराग्रघातैः। तौ चक्रतुयुद्धमसह्यरूपं महाबलौ राक्षसवानरेन्द्रौ॥

parasparaṃ svedavidigdhagātrau parasparaṃ śoṇitaraktadehau| parasparaṃ śliṣṭaniruddhaceṣṭau parasparaṃ śālmalikiṃśukāviva|| muṣṭiprahāraiśca talaprahārairaranighātaiśca karāgraghātaiḥ| tau cakratuyuddhamasahyarūpaṃ mahābalau rākṣasavānarendrau||

English Meaning

Each having his body bathed in sweat and his person covered with blood each choking and annulling the efforts of the other, and resembling a Sālmali or a Kinsuka, and dealing blows and slaps, and hitting with his arms and hands, those exceedingly strong ones, the lord of the Rākşasas and that of the monkeys, fought wonderfully.

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)