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)