Chapter 53 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 53

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 53.16

निष्पतन्तो महोत्साहा भिन्नदेहशिरोधराः। रुधिरोक्षितसर्वाङ्गा न्यपतन्धरणीतले॥

niṣpatanto mahotsāhā bhinnadehaśirodharāḥ| rudhirokṣitasarvāṅgā nyapatandharaṇītale||

English Meaning

And warriors fraught with high spirits, springing up, dropped down to the earth their bodies and hands riven and all their person bathed in blood.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)