Chapter 93 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 93

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 93.22

एष हन्ति गजानीकमेष हन्ति महारथान्। एष हन्ति शरैस्तीक्ष्णैः पदातीन्वाजिभिः सह॥ इति ते राक्षसाः सर्वे रामस्य सदृशारणे। अन्योन्यं कुपिता जघ्नुः सादृश्याद्राघवस्य तु॥

eṣa hanti gajānīkameṣa hanti mahārathān| eṣa hanti śaraistīkṣṇaiḥ padātīnvājibhiḥ saha|| iti te rākṣasāḥ sarve rāmasya sadṛśāraṇe| anyonyaṃ kupitā jaghnuḥ sādṛśyādrāghavasya tu||

English Meaning

It is he who is destroying the soldiers riding the elephants, it he who is breaking down the mighty cars, and it is he who with sharp arrows is slaying the cavalry-rider and horse. "Thus saying those Räkşasas, in that conflict and in the very presence of Rāma, highly enraged began to slay each other.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)