Chapter 71 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 71

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 71.72

आग्नेयेन तदात्रेण योजयामास सायकम्। स जज्वाल तदा बाणो धनुश्चास्य तदात्मनः॥

āgneyena tadātreṇa yojayāmāsa sāyakam| sa jajvāla tadā bāṇo dhanuścāsya tadātmanaḥ||

English Meaning

Then he set a shaft (on his bow-string) reciting a formula for the Agneya* (Belonging to the god of Fire.) weapon; and thereat his arrow as well as bow flamed up.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)