Chapter 76 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 76

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 76.72

मुष्टिनाभिहतस्तेन निपपाताशु राक्षसः। लोहिताङ्ग इवाकाशाद्दीप्तरश्मिर्यदृच्छया॥

muṣṭinābhihatastena nipapātāśu rākṣasaḥ| lohitāṅga ivākāśāddīptaraśmiryadṛcchayā||

English Meaning

And overpowered by that blow, the Rākṣasa anon dropped down, like to the bright Lohitānga dropping from the firmament urged on by Destiny.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)