Chapter 23 — Kishkindha Kanda, Sarga 23

Valmiki Ramayana — Kishkindha Kanda

Verse 23.17

उद्घबर्ह शरं नीलस्तस्य गात्रगतं तदा॥ गिरिगह्वरसंलीनं दीप्तमाशीविषं यथा।

udghabarha śaraṃ nīlastasya gātragataṃ tadā|| girigahvarasaṃlīnaṃ dīptamāśīviṣaṃ yathā|

English Meaning

Thereupon Neela took out that shaft from the person of (Vāli) like to a flaming serpent lurking in a mountain cave.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)