Chapter 54 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 54

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 54.12

राक्षसान्भयवित्रस्तान्हन्यमानान्प्लवंगमैः॥ दृष्ट्वा स रोषताम्राक्षो वज्रदंष्ट्रः प्रतापवान्। प्रविवेश धनुष्पाणिस्त्रासयन्हरिवाहिनीम्॥ शरैर्विदारयामास कङ्कपत्रैरजिह्मगैः। बिभेद वानरांस्तत्र सप्ताष्टौ नव पञ्च च॥ विव्याध परमक्रुद्धो वज्रदंष्ट्रः प्रतापवान्। त्रस्ताः सर्वे हरिगणाः शरैः संकृत्तदेहिनः।

rākṣasānbhayavitrastānhanyamānānplavaṃgamaiḥ|| dṛṣṭvā sa roṣatāmrākṣo vajradaṃṣṭraḥ pratāpavān| praviveśa dhanuṣpāṇistrāsayanharivāhinīm|| śarairvidārayāmāsa kaṅkapatrairajihmagaiḥ| bibheda vānarāṃstatra saptāṣṭau nava pañca ca|| vivyādha paramakruddho vajradaṃṣṭraḥ pratāpavān| trastāḥ sarve harigaṇāḥ śaraiḥ saṃkṛttadehinaḥ|

English Meaning

Seeing the Rākşasas, distressed with fright and harassed by the monkeys, the powerful Vajradarstra, with his eyes crimsoned with choler, entered the arena, bow in hand, frightening the monkey-forces, and he began to pierce the monkeys with straight-speeding shafts winged with Kanka feathers; and he pierced simultaneously seven, eight, nine, five, monkeys (in the field). and the exceedingly powerful Vajradanștra, transported into a towering passion, began to cleave the hostile ranks.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)