Chapter 46 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 46

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 46.41

उपाघ्राय च तं मूर्ध्नि पप्रच्छ प्रीतमानसः। पृच्छते च यथावृत्तं पित्रे तस्मै न्यवेदयत्। यथा तौ शरबन्धेन निश्चेष्टौ निष्प्रभौ कृतौ॥

upāghrāya ca taṃ mūrdhni papraccha prītamānasaḥ| pṛcchate ca yathāvṛttaṃ pitre tasmai nyavedayat| yathā tau śarabandhena niśceṣṭau niṣprabhau kṛtau||

English Meaning

And scenting the crown of his head, (Rāvana) with a delighted heart, asked (Indrajit as to all that had taken place). And on being asked, he (Indrajit) truly related to his sire how (Rāma and Lakşmaņa) had been rendered senseless and lack-Lustre by being fastened with shafts.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)