Chapter 26 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 26

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 26.15

दृष्ट्वैवापततस्तांस्तु राघवः सायकैः शितैः॥ तीक्ष्णाग्रैः प्रतिजग्राह सम्प्राप्तानतिथीनिव।

dṛṣṭvaivāpatatastāṃstu rāghavaḥ sāyakaiḥ śitaiḥ|| tīkṣṇāgraiḥ pratijagrāha samprāptānatithīniva|

English Meaning

And as Rāghava beheld them advance, he resisted them by means of sharp and keen-edged shafts, even as one receives guests that have come.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)