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Verse 1.65

Sarga 1

उत्स्मयित्वा महाबाहु: प्रेक्ष्य चास्थि महाबल: । पादाङ्गुष्ठेन चिक्षेप सम्पूर्णं दशयोजनम् ।।1.1.65।।

utsmayitvā mahābāhu: prekṣya cāsthi mahābala: . pādāṅguṣṭhena cikṣepa sampūrṇaṃ daśayojanam ..1.1.65..

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English Translation

"The strongarmed Rama, who was endowed with great strength looked at the skeleton and smiled within himself for a while. He kicked off the skeleton with the great toe of his foot completely to a full distance of ten yojanas (eighty miles)."

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Word Meanings

महाबल: one endowed with strength, महाबाहु: strongarmed (Rama), अस्थि skeleton, प्रेक्ष्य having looked, उत्स्मयित्वा smiling at a depth for a while, पादाङ्गुष्ठेन with the great toe of the foot, सम्पूर्णं completely, दशयोजनम् to a distance of ten yojanas (eighty miles), चिक्षेप kicked off.

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Valmiki Ramayana

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Sarga 1

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1.65