Chapter 40 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 40

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 40.12

अन्योन्यमापीड्य विलग्नदेहौ तौ पेततुः सालनिखातमध्ये। उत्पेततुर्भूमितलं स्पृशन्तौ स्थित्वा मुहूर्तं त्वभिनिःश्वसन्तौ ॥

anyonyamāpīḍya vilagnadehau tau petatuḥ sālanikhātamadhye| utpetaturbhūmitalaṃ spṛśantau sthitvā muhūrtaṃ tvabhiniḥśvasantau ||

English Meaning

Smiting each other, they, their bodies fastened together, went down between the wall and the moat, and again stood upon the ground.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)