Ramayana
विरथस्तु गदां गृह्य माली नक्तञ्चरोत्तमः । आपुप्लुवे गदापाणिर्गिर्यग्रादिव केसरी ॥ 7-7-37 ॥
Mali, the foremost of the night-rangers, deprived of his chariot, seized his mace and leapt up, mace in hand, like a lion bounding from a mountain peak.
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