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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.27.6

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: the two exchange such dense volleys that their arrows hide the sky and sun

3.27.6

sa sarvāś ca diśo bāṇaiḥ pradiśaś ca mahārathaḥ
pūrayām āsa taṃ dṛṣṭvā rāmo 'pi sumahad dhanuḥ

That great warrior filled all the quarters and the intermediate quarters with arrows; seeing him, Rāma too (raised) his very great bow.

Words: sa — he; sarvāś — all; ca — and; diśo — the quarters; bāṇaiḥ — with arrows; pradiśaś — the intermediate quarters; ca — and; mahārathaḥ — the great warrior; pūrayām āsa — filled; taṃ — him; dṛṣṭvā — having seen; rāmo 'pi — Rāma too; sumahad — very great; dhanuḥ — bow

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.