Chapter 79 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 79

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 79.37

दशरथनृपसूनुबाणवेगै रजनिचरं निहतं खरात्मजं तम्। प्रददृशुरथ देवताः : प्रहृष्टा गिरिमिव वज्रहतं यथा विकीर्णम् ॥

daśarathanṛpasūnubāṇavegai rajanicaraṃ nihataṃ kharātmajaṃ tam| pradadṛśuratha devatāḥ : prahṛṣṭā girimiva vajrahataṃ yathā vikīrṇam ||

English Meaning

Seeing that night-ranger, the son of Khara, slain by Rāma's arrows, like to a mountain clept by a thunder-bolt, the celestials were greatly delighted.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)