Chapter 25 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 25

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 25.16

मुमोच लीलया कङ्कपत्रान् काञ्चनभूषणान्। ते शराः शत्रुसैन्येषु मुक्ता रामेण लीलया।।१८। आददू रक्षसां प्राणान् पाशाः कालकृता इव।

mumoca līlayā kaṅkapatrān kāñcanabhūṣaṇān| te śarāḥ śatrusainyeṣu muktā rāmeṇa līlayā||18| ādadū rakṣasāṃ prāṇān pāśāḥ kālakṛtā iva|

English Meaning

And sportively discharged by Rāma, those arrows deprived the Rākṣasas of their lives, like the noose forged by death.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)