एवं क्षिपन् धनुषि संधितमुत्ससर्ज बाणं स वज्रमिव तद्धृदयं बिभेद । सोऽसृग् वमन् दशमुखैर्न्यपतद् विमाना- द्धाहेति जल्पति जने सुकृतीव रिक्त: ॥ २३ ॥
evam ksipan dhanusi sandhitam utsasarja banam sa vajram iva tad-dhrdayam bibheda so ’srg vaman dasa-mukhair nyapatad vimanad dhaheti jalpati jane sukrtiva riktah
- evam
- in this way
- ksipan
- chastising (Ravana)
- dhanusi
- on the bow
- sandhitam
- fixed an arrow
- utsasarja
- released (toward him)
- banam
- the arrow
- sah
- that arrow
- vajram iva
- like a thunderbolt
- tat-hrdayam
- the heart of Ravana
- bibheda
- pierced
- sah
- he, Ravana
- asrk
- blood
- vaman
- vomiting
- dasa-mukhaih
- through the ten mouths
- nyapatat
- fell down
- vimanat
- from his airplane
- haha
- alas, what happened
- iti
- thus
- jalpati
- roaring
- jane
- when all the people present there
- sukrti iva
- like a pious man
- riktah
- when the results of his pious activities are finished
After thus rebuking Ravana, Lord Ramacandra fixed an arrow to His bow, aimed at Ravana, and released the arrow, which pierced Ravana’s heart like a thunderbolt. Upon seeing this, Ravana’s followers raised a tumultuous sound, crying, Alas! Alas! What has happened? What has happened as Ravana, vomiting blood from his ten mouths, fell from his airplane, just as a pious man falls to earth from the heavenly planes when the results of his pious activities are exhausted.