Chapter 76 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 76

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 76.5

सोऽङ्गदं निशितैर्बाणैस्तदा विव्याध वेगितः। शरीरदारणैस्तीक्ष्णैः कालाग्निसमविग्रहैः॥ क्षुरक्षुरखनाराचैर्वत्सदन्तैः शिलीमुखैः। कर्णिशल्यविपाठैश्च बहुभिर्निशितैः शरैः॥ अङ्गदः प्रतिविद्धाङ्गो वालिपुत्रः प्रतापवान्। धनुरुग्रं रथं बाणान्ममर्द तरसा बली॥

so'ṅgadaṃ niśitairbāṇaistadā vivyādha vegitaḥ| śarīradāraṇaistīkṣṇaiḥ kālāgnisamavigrahaiḥ|| kṣurakṣurakhanārācairvatsadantaiḥ śilīmukhaiḥ| karṇiśalyavipāṭhaiśca bahubhirniśitaiḥ śaraiḥ|| aṅgadaḥ pratividdhāṅgo vāliputraḥ pratāpavān| dhanurugraṃ rathaṃ bāṇānmamarda tarasā balī||

English Meaning

He then impetuously pierced Angada with sharpened shafts, keen and capable of cleaving the body and resembling the fatal fire itself in appearance, with Kșuras' and Kșurapras? and Näräcas and Vatsadantas* and Silīmukhas and Karmis and Salyas and Vipathas, and countless (other) whetted arrows. And the powerful son of Vāli, Angada endowed with prowess having his person pierced with arrows suddenly smashed (his adversary's) car and arrows and dreadful bow. 1. Arrows having razor-like edges. 2. Crescent-shaped shafts. 3. Arrows made entirely of iron. 4. Arrows resembling the teeth of calves. 5. Arrows resembling the feathers of the Kanka. 6. Arrow furnished with two sides resembling cars. 7. Arrow with short leads. 8. Arrows resembling the tops of KaravīrasTirtha.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)