Canto 2 -
Ayodhyā-kāṇḍa
Chapter 23: Lakṣmaṇa’s Arguments
Text 2.23.33
खड्गधाराहता मेऽद्य दीप्यमाना इवाद्रयः।
पतिष्यन्ति द्विपा भूमौ मेघा इव सविद्युतः॥
khaḍga-dhārāhatā me ’dya dīpyamānā ivādrayaḥ
patiṣyanti dvipā bhūmau meghā iva savidyutaḥ
khaḍga-dhārā-āhatā = cut by swords; me = My; adya = today; dīpyamānā = sparkling and dazzling; iva = like; adrayaḥ = mountains; patiṣyanti = will fall; dvipāḥ = My opponents’ elephants; bhūmau = on the ground; meghāḥ = clouds; iva = like; savidyutaḥ = with lightning.
Cut by My sparkling and dazzling swords, My opponents’ elephants will fall on the ground today like mountains, like clouds with lightning.