Chapter 97 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 97

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 97.19

गदां तां सुमहाघोरामापतन्तीं महाबलः। सुग्रीवो रोषताम्राक्षः समुद्यम्य महाहवे॥ आजघान गदां तस्य परिषेण हरीश्वरः। पपात तरसा भिन्नः परिघस्तस्य भूतले॥

gadāṃ tāṃ sumahāghorāmāpatantīṃ mahābalaḥ| sugrīvo roṣatāmrākṣaḥ samudyamya mahāhave|| ājaghāna gadāṃ tasya pariṣeṇa harīśvaraḥ| papāta tarasā bhinnaḥ parighastasya bhūtale||

English Meaning

Beholding that dreadful club about to fall the highly powerful Sugrīva-the lord of monkeys, uplifting his parigha struck it there with. And parigha, being sundered, fell quickly down on the earth.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)