Chapter 28 — Uttara Kanda, Sarga 28

Valmiki Ramayana — Uttara Kanda

Verse 28.40

प्रयुध्यतोरथ तयोर्बाणवषैः समन्ततः। नाज्ञायत तदा किंचित्सर्वं हि तमसा वृतम्॥

prayudhyatoratha tayorbāṇavaṣaiḥ samantataḥ| nājñāyata tadā kiṃcitsarvaṃ hi tamasā vṛtam||

English Meaning

They having been thus engaged with each other with the downpour of dreadful shafts, all the quarters were filled with darkness and in consequence thereof nothing was visible.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)