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)