Chapter 16 — Kishkindha Kanda, Sarga 16

Valmiki Ramayana — Kishkindha Kanda

Verse 16.31

ततो धनुषि संधाय शरमाशीविषोपमम्। पूरयामास तच्चापं कालचक्रमिवान्तकः॥

tato dhanuṣi saṃdhāya śaramāśīviṣopamam| pūrayāmāsa taccāpaṃ kālacakramivāntakaḥ||

English Meaning

And fixing on his bow an arrow resembling a serpent, he stretched it like to Death drawing out his cycle of time.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)