Chapter 3 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 3

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 3.17

तौ खङ्गौ क्षिप्रमुद्यम्य कृष्णसर्पाविवोद्यतौ। तूर्णमापेततुस्तस्य तदा प्रहरतां बलात्॥

tau khaṅgau kṣipramudyamya kṛṣṇasarpāvivodyatau| tūrṇamāpetatustasya tadā praharatāṃ balāt||

English Meaning

Thereat, swiftly raising up sword, resembling a black snake, each (of the Rāghavas) approached his antagonist, and began to assail him hastily.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)