Chapter 11 — Kishkindha Kanda, Sarga 11

Valmiki Ramayana — Kishkindha Kanda

Verse 11.83

कृत्वैतत् कार्मुकं सज्यं हस्तिहस्तमिवापरम्। आकर्णपूर्णमायम्य विसृजस्व महाशरम्॥

kṛtvaitat kārmukaṃ sajyaṃ hastihastamivāparam| ākarṇapūrṇamāyamya visṛjasva mahāśaram||

English Meaning

Having stringed your bow like to the trunk of an elephant and stretching it to your ears, do you shoot this mighty arrow.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)