Chapter 97 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 97

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 97.16

आविध्य तु स तं दीप्तं परिघं तस्य दर्शयन्। परिघेणोग्रवेगेन जघानास्य हयोचमान्॥ तस्माद्धतहयाद्वीरः सोऽवप्लुत्य महारथात्। गदां जग्राह संकृद्धो राक्षसोऽथ महोदरः॥

āvidhya tu sa taṃ dīptaṃ parighaṃ tasya darśayan| parigheṇogravegena jaghānāsya hayocamān|| tasmāddhatahayādvīraḥ so'vaplutya mahārathāt| gadāṃ jagrāha saṃkṛddho rākṣaso'tha mahodaraḥ||

English Meaning

And hurling that flaming Parigha and displaying his (light-handedness) he stuck his excellent horse there with. And having his horse slain, that hero the Rakşasa Mahodara, ascended his car, and in great anger took up his club.

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)