Chapter 7 — Uttara Kanda, Sarga 7

Valmiki Ramayana — Uttara Kanda

Verse 7.5

निशाचरैस्ताड्यमानो मीनैरिव महोदधिः। शाङ्गमायम्य दुर्धर्षो राक्षसेभ्योऽसृजच्छरान्॥

niśācaraistāḍyamāno mīnairiva mahodadhiḥ| śāṅgamāyamya durdharṣo rākṣasebhyo'sṛjaccharān||

English Meaning

On being sore tried by the night-rangers, like the great Ocean by the fishes (residing in it), that invincible one, taking his ſārņga, showered shafts among the Rākşasas.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)