बाणपातान्तरे रामं पातितं पुरुषर्षभम्। स तत्र लक्ष्मणो दृष्ट्वा निराशो जीवितेऽभवत्॥
bāṇapātāntare rāmaṃ pātitaṃ puruṣarṣabham| sa tatra lakṣmaṇo dṛṣṭvā nirāśo jīvite'bhavat||
English Meaning
Seeing Rāma, the foremost of men-down within arrow-range, Laksmana despaired of his life.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)