Chapter 54 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 54

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 54.17

दृष्ट्वा पतन्तं तं वृक्षमसंभ्रान्तश्च राक्षसः। चिच्छेद बहुधा सोऽपि मथितः प्रापतद्भुवि ॥

dṛṣṭvā patantaṃ taṃ vṛkṣamasaṃbhrāntaśca rākṣasaḥ| ciccheda bahudhā so'pi mathitaḥ prāpatadbhuvi ||

English Meaning

Seeing the tree in full career, the Räksasa without betraying any agitation, severed it in pieces; and the tree, thus assailed, fell to the earth.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)