तं चतुर्भि खरः क्रुद्धो रामं गात्रेषु मार्गणैः। विव्याध हृदि मर्मज्ञौ मातङ्गमिव तोयरैः॥
taṃ caturbhi kharaḥ kruddho rāmaṃ gātreṣu mārgaṇaiḥ| vivyādha hṛdi marmajñau mātaṅgamiva toyaraiḥ||
English Meaning
And thereat Khara, understanding the import of things, fired with wrath, pierced Rāma's breast with five arrows, like one striking an elephant with a goad.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)