Chapter 3 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 3

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 3.16

तद् रामविशिखैश्छिन्नं शूलं तस्यापतद् भुवि। पपाताशनिना छिन्नं मेरोरिव शिलातलम्॥

tad rāmaviśikhaiśchinnaṃ śūlaṃ tasyāpatad bhuvi| papātāśaninā chinnaṃ meroriva śilātalam||

English Meaning

And the dart severed by the shafts of Rāma, fell to the earth, as falls a crag severed by the thunderbolt.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)