Chapter 71 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 71

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 71.66

ते बाणाः कालसंकाशा राक्षसेन्द्रधनुश्च्युताः। हेमपुङ्खा रविप्रख्याश्चर्दीप्तमिवाम्बरम्॥

te bāṇāḥ kālasaṃkāśā rākṣasendradhanuścyutāḥ| hemapuṅkhā raviprakhyāścardīptamivāmbaram||

English Meaning

Those shafts resembling Fate itself, plated with gold at the feathered parts, and looking like the Sun himself (in splendour), discharged from the bow of the lord of Rakşasas, lighted up the heavens.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)