Chapter 28 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 28

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 28.13

ततोऽस्य सशरं चापं मुष्टिदेशे महात्मनः। खरश्चिच्छेद रामस्य दर्शयन् हस्तलाघवम्॥

tato'sya saśaraṃ cāpaṃ muṣṭideśe mahātmanaḥ| kharaściccheda rāmasya darśayan hastalāghavam||

English Meaning

And, displaying his lightness of hand, Khara severed the bow of the magnanimous Rāma, with the arrow (fixed on it) at the place where it is grasped.

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)