Chapter 39 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 39

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 39.7

तेन त्यक्ताश्रयो बाणाः शिताः शत्रुनिवर्हणाः। विकृष्य सुमहच्चापं सुपर्णानिलतुल्यगाः॥ ते बाणा वज्रसंकाशाः सुघोरा रक्तभोजनाः। आजग्मुः सहिताः सर्वे त्रयः संनतपर्वणः॥

tena tyaktāśrayo bāṇāḥ śitāḥ śatrunivarhaṇāḥ| vikṛṣya sumahaccāpaṃ suparṇānilatulyagāḥ|| te bāṇā vajrasaṃkāśāḥ sughorā raktabhojanāḥ| ājagmuḥ sahitāḥ sarve trayaḥ saṃnataparvaṇaḥ||

English Meaning

Then stringing his huge bow he darted three sharpened arrows at me. Those three terrible arrows with bent knots resembling thunderbolts, killing enemies and drinking blood and having the motion of Garuda and air, coalescing with each other came before us.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)