Chapter 63 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 63

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 63.20

ततोऽहं शरमुद्धृत्य दीप्तमाशीविषोपमम्। शब्दं प्रति गजप्रेप्सुरभिलक्ष्यमपातयम्॥

tato'haṃ śaramuddhṛtya dīptamāśīviṣopamam| śabdaṃ prati gajaprepsurabhilakṣyamapātayam||

English Meaning

Thereupon raising up my shaft flaming and like to a serpent of virulent poison, I desirous of hunting the (imaginary) elephant, let fly my shaft in the direction of the sound.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)