Chapter 25 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 25

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 25.21

ततो नालीकनाराचैस्तीक्ष्णाग्रैश्च बिकर्णिभिः। भीममार्तस्वरं चक्रुश्छिद्यमाना निशाचराः॥

tato nālīkanārācaistīkṣṇāgraiśca bikarṇibhiḥ| bhīmamārtasvaraṃ cakruśchidyamānā niśācarāḥ||

English Meaning

And cut off with nālīkas (steel-pointed arrows) and, nārācas (arrows wholly made of steel), and sharp-pointed vikarnas (barbed arrows), the rangers of the night uttered dreadful howls of distress.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)