Chapter 90 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 90

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 90.51

तदृष्ट्वा लक्ष्मणः संख्ये घोरमस्त्रं सुदारुणम्।।५९ अवार्यं सर्वभूतानां सर्वशस्त्रविदारणम्। माहेश्वरेण द्युतिमांस्तदत्रं प्रत्यवारयत्॥

tadṛṣṭvā lakṣmaṇaḥ saṃkhye ghoramastraṃ sudāruṇam||59 avāryaṃ sarvabhūtānāṃ sarvaśastravidāraṇam| māheśvareṇa dyutimāṃstadatraṃ pratyavārayat||

English Meaning

And in the conflict, seeing that dire and dreadful weapon, irresistible to all creatures and capable of riving all arms, the effulgent Lakşmaņa baffled it with a Māheśvara* weapon. *i.e. belonging to Maheśvara or Śiva.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)