Shloka 6.70.65
त्रिशिरा–देवान्तक–महोदर–मत्त (महापार्श्व) वधः | Slaying of Trisira, Devantaka, Mahodara, and Matta (Mahaparsva)
स स्वयागदयाभग्नोविदीर्णदशनेक्षणः ।।।।निपपातततोमत्तोवज्राहतइवाचलः ।
sa svayā gadayā bhagno vidīrṇadaśanekṣaṇaḥ |
nipapāta tato matto vajrāhata ivācalaḥ ||
Shattered by his own gada, his teeth and eyes crushed, Matta fell then—like a mountain struck by a thunderbolt.
Shattered by his own mace, Matta (Mahaparsva), whose eyes had been crushed, had fallen like a mountain struck by lightning.
Adharma rebounds upon itself: the image of being broken by one’s own weapon underscores the Ramayana’s moral arc—harm intended for others can return as ruin to the aggressor.
Matta is decisively struck and collapses, described with a simile of a thunderbolt-felled mountain.
For the dharmic side, steadfast strength; for the fallen foe, the consequence of misdirected power.