Chapter 90 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 90

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 90.39

ते तस्य कायं भिष्ट्वा तु रुक्मपुङ्खा निमित्तगाः। बभूवुर्लोहिता दिग्धा रक्ता इव महोरगाः॥

te tasya kāyaṃ bhiṣṭvā tu rukmapuṅkhā nimittagāḥ| babhūvurlohitā digdhā raktā iva mahoragāḥ||

English Meaning

And those arrows furnished with gold at the feathered parts, riving his person, were bathed in blood, and resembled mighty red serpents.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)