Chapter 43 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 43

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 43.10

वज्रमुष्टिश्च मैन्देन द्विविदेनाशनिप्रभः। राक्षसाभ्यां सुघोराभ्यां कपिमुख्यौ समागतौ ।।१२ वीरः प्रतपनो घोरो राक्षसो रणदुर्धरः। समरे तीक्ष्णवेगेन नलेन समयुध्यत॥ धर्मस्य पुत्रो बलवान्सुषेण इति विश्रुतः। स विद्युन्मालिना सार्धमयुध्यत महाकपिः॥

vajramuṣṭiśca maindena dvividenāśaniprabhaḥ| rākṣasābhyāṃ sughorābhyāṃ kapimukhyau samāgatau ||12 vīraḥ pratapano ghoro rākṣaso raṇadurdharaḥ| samare tīkṣṇavegena nalena samayudhyata|| dharmasya putro balavānsuṣeṇa iti viśrutaḥ| sa vidyunmālinā sārdhamayudhyata mahākapiḥ||

English Meaning

Vajramuștti encountered Mainda, and Asaniprabha Dvivida. And those foremost of monkeys faught with those dreadful Rākşasas, the heroic and terrible Pratapana, incapable of being overcome in battle, was combating with Nala of terrific force; and that lusty son of Righteousness, well-known as Susena, a mighty monkey-battled with Vidyunmāli.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)