Chapter 53 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 53

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 53.20

केचिदस्त्राणि संत्यज्य बाहुयुद्धमकुर्वत । तलैश्च चरणैश्चापि मुष्टिभिश्च दुमैरपि॥ जानुभिश्च हताः केचिद्भग्नदेहाश्च राक्षसाः। शिलाभिश्चूर्णिताः केचिद्वानरैयुद्धदुर्मदैः॥

kecidastrāṇi saṃtyajya bāhuyuddhamakurvata | talaiśca caraṇaiścāpi muṣṭibhiśca dumairapi|| jānubhiśca hatāḥ kecidbhagnadehāśca rākṣasāḥ| śilābhiścūrṇitāḥ kecidvānaraiyuddhadurmadaiḥ||

English Meaning

Some, casting off weapons, engaged in a hand to hand combat by means of slaps, and kicks, and bones, and trees. And some Raksasa, having their bodies broken, were killed by means of thighs. And some were crushed with crags by Dänavas invincible in battle.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)