Chapter 67 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 67

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 67.25

स्पर्शानिव प्रहारांस्तान्वेदयानो न विव्यथे। ऋषभं तु महावेगं बाहुभ्यां परिषस्वजे॥

sparśāniva prahārāṃstānvedayāno na vivyathe| ṛṣabhaṃ tu mahāvegaṃ bāhubhyāṃ pariṣasvaje||

English Meaning

But those blows seemed to him like touches* and did not at all pain him. Then he fastened the vehement Rşabha with his arms. *Like the feel, remarks Rāmánuja, of wreaths, unguents, etc. blows

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)