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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.27.8

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

3.27.8

tad babhūva śitair bāṇaiḥ khararāmavisarjitaiḥ
paryākāśam anākāśaṃ sarvataḥ śarasaṃkulam

With the sharp arrows loosed by Khara and Rāma, the surrounding sky became no-sky, choked on every side with arrows.

Words: tad — that, then; babhūva — became; śitair — sharp; bāṇaiḥ — with arrows; khararāmavisarjitaiḥ — loosed by Khara and Rāma; paryākāśam — the surrounding sky; anākāśaṃ — no-sky, without open space; sarvataḥ — on every side; śarasaṃkulam — choked with arrows

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.