Chapter 43 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 43

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 43.36

गदाप्रहारं तं घोरमचिन्त्य प्लवगोत्तमः। तां तूष्णीं पातयामास तस्योरसि महामृधे।।४०१

gadāprahāraṃ taṃ ghoramacintya plavagottamaḥ| tāṃ tūṣṇīṃ pātayāmāsa tasyorasi mahāmṛdhe||401

English Meaning

Thereat, without thinking at all of the terrific hit of the mace, that best of monkeys in mighty conflict brought down that upon his head.

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)