Chapter 59 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 59

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 59.126

अथेन्द्रशत्रु तरसा जघान बाणेन वज्राशनिसंनिभेन। भुजान्तरे व्यूढसुजातरूपे वज्रेण मेरुं भगवानिवेन्द्रः॥

athendraśatru tarasā jaghāna bāṇena vajrāśanisaṃnibhena| bhujāntare vyūḍhasujātarūpe vajreṇa meruṃ bhagavānivendraḥ||

English Meaning

Then as the reverend Indra cleave Meru with his thunder-bolt, (Raghava) swiftly smote on Rāvaņa's spacious and shapely chest with a shaft resembling Vajra and the thunderbolt.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)