भित्त्वा रथं शरै रामो हत्वा अश्वानपातयत्। विरथो वसुधास्थः स मकाराक्षो निशाचरः॥
bhittvā rathaṃ śarai rāmo hatvā aśvānapātayat| viratho vasudhāsthaḥ sa makārākṣo niśācaraḥ||
English Meaning
And with arrows Rāma sundered the chariot and killing the horses brought them down. And the night-ranger Makarākṣa was brought down on the earth from the chariot.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)