Chapter 54 — Kishkindha Kanda, Sarga 54

Valmiki Ramayana — Kishkindha Kanda

Verse 54.12

लक्ष्मणस्य च नाराचा बहवः सन्ति तद्विधाः। वज्राशनिसमस्पर्शा गिरीणामपि दारकाः॥

lakṣmaṇasya ca nārācā bahavaḥ santi tadvidhāḥ| vajrāśanisamasparśā girīṇāmapi dārakāḥ||

English Meaning

Lakşmaņa has many an iron arrow like Indra's thunderbolt or that of the sky,* capable of riving even mountains. 15 *Vajrasani-Vajra is the thunder-bolt in the hand of Indra, and Asani—the thunder-bolt produced by clouds.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)