Chapter 98 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 98

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 98.12

स वीरो वज्रसंकाशमङ्गदो मुष्टिमात्मनः। संवर्तयत्सुसंक्रुद्धः पितुस्तुल्यपराक्रमः॥ राक्षसस्य स्तनाभ्याशे मर्मज्ञो हृदयं प्रति। इन्द्राशनिसमस्पर्श स मुष्टिं विन्यपातयत्॥ तेन तस्य निपातेन राक्षसस्य महामृधे। पफाल हृदयं चास्य स पपात हतो भुवि ॥ तस्मिन्विनिहते भूमौ तत्सैन्यं संप्रचुक्षुभे। अभवच्च महान्क्रोधः समरे रावणस्य तु॥ वानराणां प्रहृष्टानां सिंहनादः सुपुष्कलः।

sa vīro vajrasaṃkāśamaṅgado muṣṭimātmanaḥ| saṃvartayatsusaṃkruddhaḥ pitustulyaparākramaḥ|| rākṣasasya stanābhyāśe marmajño hṛdayaṃ prati| indrāśanisamasparśa sa muṣṭiṃ vinyapātayat|| tena tasya nipātena rākṣasasya mahāmṛdhe| paphāla hṛdayaṃ cāsya sa papāta hato bhuvi || tasminvinihate bhūmau tatsainyaṃ saṃpracukṣubhe| abhavacca mahānkrodhaḥ samare rāvaṇasya tu|| vānarāṇāṃ prahṛṣṭānāṃ siṃhanādaḥ supuṣkalaḥ|

English Meaning

Thereupon that hero, powerful like his own father, clenching his fist, hard as thunderbolt and resembling even Indra's asani, dealt it, in great anger, upon the Raksasa's breast. And being struck with that fist the Rākşasa' breast was shattered and he fell down on earth. He falling down on earth slain, his soldiers were greatly sorry and Răvaņa attained to an excess of ire in the conflict.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)