Chapter 76 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 76

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 76.22

तं दृष्ट्वा पतितं भूमौ खङ्गं मुसलसंनिभम्! मुष्टिं संवर्तयामास वज्रकल्पं महाबलः॥ स ललाटे महावीर्यमङ्गदं वानरर्षभम्। आजघान महातेजाः स मुहूर्त चचाल ह॥

taṃ dṛṣṭvā patitaṃ bhūmau khaṅgaṃ musalasaṃnibham! muṣṭiṃ saṃvartayāmāsa vajrakalpaṃ mahābalaḥ|| sa lalāṭe mahāvīryamaṅgadaṃ vānararṣabham| ājaghāna mahātejāḥ sa muhūrta cacāla ha||

English Meaning

Seeing the sword resembling a mace dropped to the earth, that exceedingly mighty one clenched his fist into a blow like to the levin; and that one, endowed with wondrous energy, smote in the forehead that foremost of monkeys possessed of redoubtable prowess. And thereat he for a moment was staggered.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)