Chapter 42 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 42

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 42.11

शिखरैर्विकिरामैतां लङ्कां मुष्टिभिरेव वा। इति स्म दधिरे सर्वे मनांसि हरियूथपाः॥

śikharairvikirāmaitāṃ laṅkāṃ muṣṭibhireva vā| iti sma dadhire sarve manāṃsi hariyūthapāḥ||

English Meaning

"We shall cleave Lankā with mountainpeaks, or with our blows" thus thought the leaders within themselves.

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)