Chapter 47 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 47

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 47.2

स तस्य दृष्ट्यर्पणसम्प्रचोदितः प्रतापवान् काञ्चनचित्रकार्मुकः। समुत्पपाताथ सदस्युदीरितो द्विजातिमुख्यैर्हविषेव पावकः॥

sa tasya dṛṣṭyarpaṇasampracoditaḥ pratāpavān kāñcanacitrakārmukaḥ| samutpapātātha sadasyudīrito dvijātimukhyairhaviṣeva pāvakaḥ||

English Meaning

That puissant one of a bow decked with gold, on being commanded (by Rāvana) with a glance started up, like to fire on being fed by clarified butter by foremost regenerate persons on the sacrificial ground.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)