Chapter 90 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 90

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 90.23

तानप्राप्ताशितैर्भाणैश्चिच्छेद परवीरहा। सारथेरस्य च रणे रथिनो रथसत्तमः॥ शिरो जहार धर्मात्मा भल्लेनानतपर्वणा।

tānaprāptāśitairbhāṇaiściccheda paravīrahā| sāratherasya ca raṇe rathino rathasattamaḥ|| śiro jahāra dharmātmā bhallenānataparvaṇā|

English Meaning

And ere they reached their destination, that slayer of hostile heroes severed them with whetted arrows; and in the encounter that righteous one and foremost of car-warriors with a dart having bent joints, cut off the head of his charioteer mounted on the car.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)