Chapter 27 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 27

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 27.15

रामश्चिच्छेद बाणेन ध्वजं चास्य समुच्छ्रितम्। ततो हतरथात् तस्मादुत्पतन्तं निशाचरम्॥ चिच्छेद रामस्तं बाणैर्हदये सोऽभवज्जडः।

rāmaściccheda bāṇena dhvajaṃ cāsya samucchritam| tato hatarathāt tasmādutpatantaṃ niśācaram|| ciccheda rāmastaṃ bāṇairhadaye so'bhavajjaḍaḥ|

English Meaning

And Rāma with a shaft severed his upraised standard. Then as that ranger of the night was descending from his broken car, Rāma pierced his breast with arrows, and thereat he was stupified.

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)