एषा ते हृदयं भित्त्वा शक्तिर्लोहितलक्षणा। मद्बाहुपरिघोत्सृष्टा प्राणानादाय यास्यति॥ इत्येवमुक्त्वा तां शक्तिमष्टघण्टां महास्वनाम्। मयेन मायाविहिताममोघां शत्रुघातिनीम्॥ लक्ष्मणाय समुद्दिश्य ज्वलन्तीमिव तेजसा। रावणः परमवद्धश्चिक्षपे च ननाद च॥ सा क्षिप्ता भीमवेगेन वज्राशनिसमस्वना। शक्तिरभ्यपतद्वेगाल्लक्ष्मणं रणमूर्धनि॥
eṣā te hṛdayaṃ bhittvā śaktirlohitalakṣaṇā| madbāhuparighotsṛṣṭā prāṇānādāya yāsyati|| ityevamuktvā tāṃ śaktimaṣṭaghaṇṭāṃ mahāsvanām| mayena māyāvihitāmamoghāṃ śatrughātinīm|| lakṣmaṇāya samuddiśya jvalantīmiva tejasā| rāvaṇaḥ paramavaddhaścikṣape ca nanāda ca|| sā kṣiptā bhīmavegena vajrāśanisamasvanā| śaktirabhyapatadvegāllakṣmaṇaṃ raṇamūrdhani||
English Meaning
Having said this, Rāvana waxing furiously enraged, discharged at Laksmana that dart forged by Maya with his power of illusion, furnished with eight bells, having might sounds,t Incapable of being resisted, competent to finish foes: and flaming in energy-and shouted simultaneously. And hurled with terrific force the dart sending sounds resembling that of Vajra of the thunder-bolt, vehemently alighted at Lakş maņa in that encounter.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)