Chapter 85 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 85

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 85.22

अद्य मत्कार्मुकोन्मुक्ताः शरा निर्भिद्य रावणिम्। लङ्कामभिपतिष्यन्ति हंसाः पुष्करिणीमिव ॥

adya matkārmukonmuktāḥ śarā nirbhidya rāvaṇim| laṅkāmabhipatiṣyanti haṃsāḥ puṣkariṇīmiva ||

English Meaning

Today the shafts discharged from my bow, piercing Ravana's son, shall fall into Lanka, even as swans drop into a tank.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)