तं विह्वलन्तं प्रसमीक्ष्य रामः समाददे दीप्तमथार्धचन्द्रम्। तेनार्कवर्णं सहसा किरीटं चिच्छेद रक्षोधिपतेर्महात्मा॥
taṃ vihvalantaṃ prasamīkṣya rāmaḥ samādade dīptamathārdhacandram| tenārkavarṇaṃ sahasā kirīṭaṃ ciccheda rakṣodhipatermahātmā||
English Meaning
Seeing him overwhelmed, Ráma took up a flaming half-moon and with the same at once severed the sun-bright tiara of the high-souled sovereign of the Rākşasas.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)