Canto 1 - Boyhood
Bāla-kāṇḍa
Chapter 1: Contents of the Rāmāyaṇa Summarized
Text 1.1.73
पञ्च सेनाग्रगान्हत्वा सप्त मन्त्रिसुतानपि।
शूरमक्षं च निष्पिष्य ग्रहणं समुपागमत्॥
pañca senāgragān hatvā sapta mantri-sutān api
śūram akṣaṁ ca niṣpiṣya grahaṇaṁ samupāgamat
pañca = five; senā-agragān = frontline soldiers [headed by Piṅgalanetra]; hatvā = he killed and; sapta mantri-sutān api = ministers’ sons [headed by Jambumālī]; śūram = heroic; akṣam = Akṣakumāra, Rāvaṇa’s second son; ca = also; niṣpiṣya = he crushed; grahaṇam = arrested [by the brahmāstra employed by Indrajit] samupāgamat = and became.
He killed five frontline soldiers [headed by Piṅgalanetra] and seven ministers’ sons [headed by Jambumālī]. He also crushed the heroic Akṣakumāra, [Rāvaṇa’s second son], and became arrested [by the brahmāstra employed by Indrajit].