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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.19.18

Araṇya Kāṇḍa, sarga 19: Rāma kills the fourteen. He offers withdrawal, cuts down their fourteen spears with one volley and kills them with fourteen further arrows

In the sequence: Rāma cuts down the spears with fourteen arrows, then takes fourteen more and shoots the attackers

3.19.18

tataḥ paścān mahātejā nārācān sūryasaṃnibhān
jagrāha paramakruddhaś caturdaśa śilāśitān

Then, afterwards, the greatly resplendent one, in utmost fury, took up fourteen iron arrows, bright as the sun, whetted on stone.

Words: tataḥ paścān — then afterwards; mahātejā — the greatly resplendent one; nārācān — iron arrows; sūryasaṃnibhān — bright as the sun; jagrāha — took up, seized; paramakruddhaś — in utmost fury; caturdaśa — fourteen; śilāśitān — whetted on stone

Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki, the ādikavi of the ādikāvya: the first poet of the first poem. Sanskrit: The Vālmīki-Rāmāyaṇa: Critical Edition, Oriental Institute, Baroda, 1960–1975 (gen. eds. G. H. Bhatt, U. P. Shah); IAST from GRETIL (Göttingen). Translation and word glosses: Claude Opus 4.6–4.7; summaries and sequences: ChatGPT Astra (machine-made). Numbering follows the Critical Edition, not the vulgate (e.g. Gita Press, valmikiramayan.net), so sarga and verse numbers can differ from those editions.