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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.24.21

Araṇya Kāṇḍa, sarga 24: Battle at Janasthāna. The army surrounds and wounds Rāma, his arrows drive it back and Dūṣaṇa rallies the survivors to attack with trees and rocks

In the sequence: Rāma responds with hundreds and thousands of arrows, killing attackers and cutting through their weapons, standards, armor, and limbs

3.24.21

tato nālīkanārācais tīkṣṇāgraiś ca vikarṇibhiḥ
bhīmam ārtasvaraṃ cakrur bhidyamānā niśācarāḥ

Then, pierced by nālīka and iron shafts, sharp-tipped and barbed, the night-roamers raised a fearful cry of anguish.

Words: tato — then; nālīkanārācais — with nālīka and iron arrows; tīkṣṇāgraiś — sharp-tipped; ca — and; vikarṇibhiḥ — barbed (arrows); bhīmam — fearful; ārtasvaraṃ — a cry of anguish; cakrur — made, raised; bhidyamānā — being pierced; niśācarāḥ — the night-roamers

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.