Chapter 58 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 58

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 58.31

नीलः शरैरभिहतो निशितैर्व्वलनोपमैः॥ स तं परमदुर्धर्षमापतन्तं महाकपिः। प्रहस्तं ताडयामास वृक्षमुत्पाट्य वीर्यवान्॥

nīlaḥ śarairabhihato niśitairvvalanopamaiḥ|| sa taṃ paramadurdharṣamāpatantaṃ mahākapiḥ| prahastaṃ tāḍayāmāsa vṛkṣamutpāṭya vīryavān||

English Meaning

That mighty monkey-Nila-endowed with energy, struck with those sharpened shafts resembling flames, uprooting a tree, assailed therewith the irrepressible Prahasta-who was rushing against him.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)