Chapter 97 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 97

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 97.29

लग्नमुत्कर्षतः खङ्ग खङ्गेन कपिकुञ्जरः। जहार स शिरस्त्राणं कुण्डलोपगतं शिरः॥

lagnamutkarṣataḥ khaṅga khaṅgena kapikuñjaraḥ| jahāra sa śirastrāṇaṃ kuṇḍalopagataṃ śiraḥ||

English Meaning

And as he was about to extricate his dagger from the armour, that foremost of monkeys severed with his dagger that Rākşasa's head with helmet and kundalas.

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)