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)