Chapter 44 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 44

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 44.10

शरीरं मृगरूपस्य विनिर्भिद्य शरोत्तमः॥ मारीचस्यैव हृदयं बिभेदाशनिसंनिभः।

śarīraṃ mṛgarūpasya vinirbhidya śarottamaḥ|| mārīcasyaiva hṛdayaṃ bibhedāśanisaṃnibhaḥ|

English Meaning

And that best of arrows, like to a thunderbolt, deeply pierced the breast of Mārīca, wearing the shape of a deer.

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)