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)