And taking up in that encounter the parigha (an iron club) resembling a mighty snake, that ranger of the night of cruel deeds Duşaņa, rushed towards Rāina.
तं महोरगसंकाशं प्रगृह्य परिघं रणे। दूषणोऽभ्यपतद् रामं क्रूरकर्मा निशाचरः॥