Chapter 28 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 28

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 28.5

स सर्वाश्च दिशो बाणैः प्रदिशश्च महारथः। पूरयामास तं दृष्ट्वा रामोऽपि सुमहद् धनुः॥ स सायकैर्दुर्विषहैर्विस्फुलिङ्गैरिवाग्निभिः। नभश्चकाराविवरं पर्जन्य इव वृष्टिभिः॥

sa sarvāśca diśo bāṇaiḥ pradiśaśca mahārathaḥ| pūrayāmāsa taṃ dṛṣṭvā rāmo'pi sumahad dhanuḥ|| sa sāyakairdurviṣahairvisphuliṅgairivāgnibhiḥ| nabhaścakārāvivaraṃ parjanya iva vṛṣṭibhiḥ||

English Meaning

And that mighty car-warrior covered all sides with his shafts. And secing this, Rāma of a tremendous bow with shafts incapable of being borne, and resembling tongues of flaming fire, entirely enveloped the welkin, even as a cloud pour down showers.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)