धर्षणामर्षितो रामो धैर्य रोषेण लम्भयन्। जग्राह सुमहावेगमैन्द्रं युधि शरासनम्॥ शरांश्च सुमहावेगान्सूर्यरश्मिसमप्रभान्। तदुपोढं महद्युद्धमन्योन्यवधकाङ्गिणोः।। परस्पराभिमुखयोर्दृप्तयोरिव सिंहयोः॥
dharṣaṇāmarṣito rāmo dhairya roṣeṇa lambhayan| jagrāha sumahāvegamaindraṃ yudhi śarāsanam|| śarāṃśca sumahāvegānsūryaraśmisamaprabhān| tadupoḍhaṃ mahadyuddhamanyonyavadhakāṅgiṇoḥ|| parasparābhimukhayordṛptayoriva siṃhayoḥ||
English Meaning
Enraged at the smiting. Rāma, with his ire aroused, but summoning up patience, took up in the encounter the bow of Indra endowed with exceeding vehemence; well as highly impetuous shafts having the resplendence of the solar rays. And then there began a furious encounter between those (two) eager for slaying each other confronting each other like to flaming lions.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)