Chapter 83 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 83

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 83.42

अयमनघ तवोदितः प्रियार्थ जनकसुतानिधनं निरीक्ष्य रुष्टः। सरथगजहयां सराक्षसेन्द्रां भृशमिषुभिर्विनिपातयामि लङ्काम्॥

ayamanagha tavoditaḥ priyārtha janakasutānidhanaṃ nirīkṣya ruṣṭaḥ| sarathagajahayāṃ sarākṣasendrāṃ bhṛśamiṣubhirvinipātayāmi laṅkām||

English Meaning

Osinless one, urged on behalf of your welfare, I, waxing wroth on hearing of the slaughter of Janaka's daughter, shall with my shafts entirely raze to the ground Larkā with cars and elephants and steeds and the foremost Rākşasas.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)