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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.27.17

Araṇya Kāṇḍa, sarga 27: Rāma takes up Viṣṇu’s bow. Khara breaks his bow and shoots away his armour, Rāma uses Agastya’s gift to destroy Khara’s chariot and bow

In the sequence: bloodied and angry, Rāma takes up the bow of Viṣṇu received from Agastya

3.27.17

sa śarair arpitaḥ kruddhaḥ sarvagātreṣu rāghavaḥ
rarāja samare rāmo vidhūmo 'gnir iva jvalan

Rāghava, struck with arrows over all his limbs, enraged, blazed in the battle like a smokeless fire flaming up.

Words: sa — he; śarair — with arrows; arpitaḥ — struck, pierced (fixed); kruddhaḥ — enraged; sarvagātreṣu — over all (his) limbs; rāghavaḥ — Rāghava; rarāja — blazed, shone; samare — in the battle; rāmo — Rāma; vidhūmo — smokeless; 'gnir — fire; iva — like; jvalan — flaming, blazing

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.