Chapter 46 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 46

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 46.22

निष्पन्दौ तु तदा दृष्ट्वा भ्रातरौ रामलक्ष्मणौ। वसुधायां निरुच्छ्वासौ हतावित्यन्वमन्यत ॥

niṣpandau tu tadā dṛṣṭvā bhrātarau rāmalakṣmaṇau| vasudhāyāṃ nirucchvāsau hatāvityanvamanyata ||

English Meaning

Seeing the brothers-Rāma and Laksmanamotionless, and lying inert on the ground, they took them for slain.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)