Chapter 43 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 43

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 43.27

तस्यैव रथचक्रेण नीलो विष्णुरिवाहवे। शिरश्चिच्छेद समरे निकुम्भस्य च सारथेः॥

tasyaiva rathacakreṇa nīlo viṣṇurivāhave| śiraściccheda samare nikumbhasya ca sāratheḥ||

English Meaning

At this, even as Visnu did in battle, Nila with a wheel of his car, cut off in conflict Nikumbha's head together with that of his charioteer.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)