Chapter 27 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 27

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 27.12

अहो विक्रमशूरस्य राक्षसस्येदृशं बलम्। पुष्पैरिव शरैर्योऽहं ललाटेऽस्मि परिक्षतः॥ ममापि प्रतिगृह्णीष्व शरांश्चापगुणाच्च्युतान्।

aho vikramaśūrasya rākṣasasyedṛśaṃ balam| puṣpairiva śarairyo'haṃ lalāṭe'smi parikṣataḥ|| mamāpi pratigṛhṇīṣva śarāṃścāpaguṇāccyutān|

English Meaning

Ah! such is the strength of the heroic Rākşasas! I have been wounded in the forehead with shafts resembling flowers. Do you also take the arrows shot from my bow.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)