Chapter 71 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 71

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 71.57

तमापतन्तं निशितं शरमाशीविषोपमम्। अर्धचन्द्रेण चिच्छेद लक्ष्मणः परवीरहा॥

tamāpatantaṃ niśitaṃ śaramāśīviṣopamam| ardhacandreṇa ciccheda lakṣmaṇaḥ paravīrahā||

English Meaning

Thereat, Lakşmaņa-slayer of hostile heroes-with a crescent severed that sharpened shaft resembling a venomous serpent, as it was descending.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)