Chapter 75 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 75

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 75.55

विप्रलम्बितवस्त्रं च विमुक्तकवचध्वजम्। बलं राक्षसमालम्ब्य वानराः पर्यवारयन्॥

vipralambitavastraṃ ca vimuktakavacadhvajam| balaṃ rākṣasamālambya vānarāḥ paryavārayan||

English Meaning

Then the monkeys hemmed in the Rākşasaforces, with their apparels falling off and with their mail and standards strewn around. swords and Kuntalas? And in that conflict the Rākşasas slaughtered monkeys by tens and sevens. 1. A bearded dart. 2. What could this be like? The commentator is mute. Wilson has Kuntalik-butter-knife or scoop. Kuntala may, however, mean a plough.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)