Chapter 51 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 51

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 51.10

स तानि शरजालानि पक्षाभ्यां तु विधूय ह। चरणाभ्यां महातेजा बभञ्जास्य महद् धनुः॥ तच्चाग्निसदृशं दीप्तं रावणस्य शरावरम्। पक्षाभ्यां च महातेजा व्यधुनोत् पतगेश्वरः॥

sa tāni śarajālāni pakṣābhyāṃ tu vidhūya ha| caraṇābhyāṃ mahātejā babhañjāsya mahad dhanuḥ|| taccāgnisadṛśaṃ dīptaṃ rāvaṇasya śarāvaram| pakṣābhyāṃ ca mahātejā vyadhunot patageśvaraḥ||

English Meaning

Pushing away these arrows by the wind of his wings, he again snapped that mighty bow with his feet, and with a stroke of his wings shattered Rāvaņa's flaming shield like to burning fire.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)