Chapter 118 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 118

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 118.45

तेनापूरयता वेगान्मध्ये भग्न द्विधा धनुः। तस्य शब्दोऽभवद् भीमः पतितस्याशनेर्यथा॥

tenāpūrayatā vegānmadhye bhagna dvidhā dhanuḥ| tasya śabdo'bhavad bhīmaḥ patitasyāśaneryathā||

English Meaning

And as he drew it vehemently, it broke in the middle in twain. And the sound of it was dreadful like to the bursting of a thunder-bolt.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)