Chapter 59 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 59

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 59.35

तस्मिन्प्रवृद्धोत्तमसानुवृक्षे शृङ्गे विदीर्णे पतिते पृथिव्याम्। महाहिकल्पं शरमन्तकाभं समादधे राक्षसलोकनाथः॥

tasminpravṛddhottamasānuvṛkṣe śṛṅge vidīrṇe patite pṛthivyām| mahāhikalpaṃ śaramantakābhaṃ samādadhe rākṣasalokanāthaḥ||

English Meaning

On that gigantic peak furnished with fair sides filled with trees, falling to the earth, severed in pieces, the lord of Råkşasas took up an arrow, resembling a mighty serpent and having the splendour of the Destroyer himself.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)