Chapter 26 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 26

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 26.21

ते रुक्मपुङ्खा विशिखाः सधूमा इव पावकाः। निजध्नुस्तानि रक्षासिं वज्रा इव महाद्रुमान्॥

te rukmapuṅkhā viśikhāḥ sadhūmā iva pāvakāḥ| nijadhnustāni rakṣāsiṃ vajrā iva mahādrumān||

English Meaning

And as the thunderbolt slay the mighty, Asuras, those shafts studded with gold, and like to smoking fire, slew those Rākşasas.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)