Chapter 3 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 3

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 3.9

ते शरीरं विराधस्य भित्त्वा बर्हिणवाससः। निपेतुः शोणितादिग्धा धरण्यां पावकोपमाः॥

te śarīraṃ virādhasya bhittvā barhiṇavāsasaḥ| nipetuḥ śoṇitādigdhā dharaṇyāṃ pāvakopamāḥ||

English Meaning

Thereat, resembling flames, those arrows furnished with peacocks, feathers, pierced. Viradha's body, and fell to the earth, covered with blood.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)