स तं गृहीत्वानिलतुल्यवेगं सविस्फुलिङ्गज्वलनप्रकाशम्। बाणं महेन्द्राशनितुल्यवेगं चिक्षेप सुग्रीववधाय रुष्टः॥
sa taṃ gṛhītvānilatulyavegaṃ savisphuliṅgajvalanaprakāśam| bāṇaṃ mahendrāśanitulyavegaṃ cikṣepa sugrīvavadhāya ruṣṭaḥ||
English Meaning
Taking that shaft endowed with the vehemence of the wind, flaming like a fire aglow, and having the impetuosity of the great Indra's thunder-bolt, (Ravana) hurled it in rage to compass the destruction of Sugrīva.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)