ततः संस्मारितो रामस्तेन वाक्येन मातलेः। जग्राह स शरं दीप्तं निःश्वसन्तमिवोरगम्॥
tataḥ saṃsmārito rāmastena vākyena mātaleḥ| jagrāha sa śaraṃ dīptaṃ niḥśvasantamivoragam||
English Meaning
Being reminded by those words of Mätali, Rāma took up the flaming shaft breathing as if like a serpent.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)