And as he was about to extricate his dagger from the armour, that foremost of monkeys severed with his dagger that Rākşasa's head with helmet and kundalas.
लग्नमुत्कर्षतः खङ्ग खङ्गेन कपिकुञ्जरः। जहार स शिरस्त्राणं कुण्डलोपगतं शिरः॥