Chapter 76 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 76

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 76.71

स मुष्टिं पातयामास कुम्भस्योरसि वीर्यवान् ॥ स तु तेन प्रहारेण विह्वलो भृशपीडितः। निपपात तदा कुम्भो गतार्चिरिव पावकः।१०।।

sa muṣṭiṃ pātayāmāsa kumbhasyorasi vīryavān || sa tu tena prahāreṇa vihvalo bhṛśapīḍitaḥ| nipapāta tadā kumbho gatārciriva pāvakaḥ|10||

English Meaning

Then that powerful one made that blow descend right on on Kumbha's breast. And agonised with that stroke, Kumbha reft of his senses, dropped like to a fire that has lost its brightness.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)