Chapter 96 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 96

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 96.23

मुष्टिप्रहाराभिहतो विरूपाक्षो निशाचरः। तेन खङ्गेन संक्रुद्धः सुग्रीवस्य चमूमुखे ॥ कवचं पातयामास पद्भ्यामभिहतोऽपतत्।

muṣṭiprahārābhihato virūpākṣo niśācaraḥ| tena khaṅgena saṃkruddhaḥ sugrīvasya camūmukhe || kavacaṃ pātayāmāsa padbhyāmabhihato'patat|

English Meaning

Being struck with the fist the night-ranger Virūpākṣa greatly enraged cut down with his dagger Sugriva's armour and tumbled him down with his feet.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)