Chapter 25 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 25

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 25.31

स कृत्वा भैरवं नादमस्त्रं परमभास्वरम्। समयोजयद् गान्धर्वं राक्षसेषु महाबलः॥ ततः शरसहस्राणि निर्ययुश्चापमण्डलात्। सर्वा दश दिशो बाणैरापूर्यन्त समागतैः॥

sa kṛtvā bhairavaṃ nādamastraṃ paramabhāsvaram| samayojayad gāndharvaṃ rākṣaseṣu mahābalaḥ|| tataḥ śarasahasrāṇi niryayuścāpamaṇḍalāt| sarvā daśa diśo bāṇairāpūryanta samāgataiḥ||

English Meaning

Then thousands of shafts went forth from the circle of his bow; and all directions were covered with thronging arrows.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)