Chapter 75 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 75

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 75.49

तरुशैलैरभिघ्नन्तो मुष्टिभिश्च निशाचरान्। तथैवापततां तेषां हरीणां निशितैः शरैः॥

taruśailairabhighnanto muṣṭibhiśca niśācarān| tathaivāpatatāṃ teṣāṃ harīṇāṃ niśitaiḥ śaraiḥ||

English Meaning

Rākşasas possessed of dreadful prowess with whetted arrows swiftly cut off the heads of falling monkeys.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)