Text 23]
The Pastimes of Lord Rāmacandra
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TEXT 23
एवं क्षिपन् धनुषि संधितमुत्ससर्ज 
बाणं स वज्रमिव तद्धृदयं बिभेद । 
सोऽसृग् वमन् दशमुखैर्न्यपतद् विमाना- 
द्धाहेति जल्पति जने सुकृतीव रिक्तः ॥२३॥
evam kṣipan dhanuṣi sandhitam utsasarja 
bāṇam sa vajram iva tad-dhṛdayam bibheda 
so 'sṛg vaman daśa-mukhair nyapatad vimānād 
dhāheti jalpati jane sukṛtīva riktaḥ
evam—in this way; kṣipan—chastising (Rāvaṇa); dhanuṣi—on the bow; sandhitam—fixed an arrow; utsasarja—released (toward him); bāṇam—the arrow; saḥ—that arrow; vajram iva—like a thunderbolt; tat-hṛdayam—the heart of Rāvaṇa; bibheda—pierced; saḥ—he, Rāvaṇa; asṛk—blood; vaman—vomiting; daśa-mukhaiḥ—through the ten mouths; nyapatat—fell down; vimānāt—from his airplane; hāhā—alas, what happened; iti—thus; jalpati—roaring; jane—when all the people present there; sukṛtī iva—like a pious man; riktaḥ—when the results of his pious activities are finished.
TRANSLATION
After thus rebuking Rāvaṇa, Lord Rāmacandra fixed an arrow to His bow, aimed at Rāvaṇa, and released the arrow, which pierced Rāvaṇa's heart like a thunderbolt. Upon seeing this, Rāvaṇa's followers raised a tumultuous sound, crying, “Alas! Alas! What has happened? What has happened?” as Rāvaṇa, vomiting blood from his ten mouths, fell from his airplane, just as a pious man falls to earth from the heavenly planets when the results of his pious activities are exhausted.
PURPORT
In  Bhagavad-gītā  (9.21) it is said,  kṣīṇe puṇye martya-lokam viśanti : “When the results of their pious activities are exhausted, those who have