Chapter 96 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 96

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 96.20

स तां शिलामापतन्ती दृष्ट्वा राक्षसपुङ्गवः। अपक्रम्य सुविक्रान्तः खङ्गेन प्राहरत्तदा॥

sa tāṃ śilāmāpatantī dṛṣṭvā rākṣasapuṅgavaḥ| apakramya suvikrāntaḥ khaṅgena prāharattadā||

English Meaning

That highly powerful leading Rākṣasa, finding the crag about to fall, turned a little away and struck the monkey with his dagger.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)