Chapter 7 — Uttara Kanda, Sarga 7

Valmiki Ramayana — Uttara Kanda

Verse 7.30

ते मालिदेहमासाद्य वज्रविद्युत्प्रभाः शराः। पिबन्ति रुधिरं तस्य नागा इव सुधारसम्॥

te mālidehamāsādya vajravidyutprabhāḥ śarāḥ| pibanti rudhiraṃ tasya nāgā iva sudhārasam||

English Meaning

And getting at Mali's body, the arrows furnished with the luminousness of lightening drink his blood, like to serpents drinking nectar.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)