Chapter 69 — Uttara Kanda, Sarga 69

Valmiki Ramayana — Uttara Kanda

Verse 69.24

आकर्णात्स विकृष्याथ तद्धनुर्धन्विनां वरः॥ स मुमोच महाबाणं लवणस्य महोरसि। उरस्तस्य विदार्यासु प्रविवेश रसातलम्॥ गत्वा रसातलं दिव्यः शरो विबुधपूजितः। पुनरेवागमत्तर्णमिक्ष्वाकुकुलनन्दनम्॥

ākarṇātsa vikṛṣyātha taddhanurdhanvināṃ varaḥ|| sa mumoca mahābāṇaṃ lavaṇasya mahorasi| urastasya vidāryāsu praviveśa rasātalam|| gatvā rasātalaṃ divyaḥ śaro vibudhapūjitaḥ| punarevāgamattarṇamikṣvākukulanandanam||

English Meaning

There upon expanding his bow up to ears, Satrughna, the the most accomplished archer, discharged his arrow against the spacious breast of Lavaņa. And piercing his heart that arrow entered speedily into Rasātala and having entered Rasātala that arrow, honoured by the celestials, again came to the descendant of Raghu.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)