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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.27.9

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

3.27.9

śarajālāvṛtaḥ sūryo na tadā sma prakāśate
anyonyavadhasaṃrambhād ubhayoḥ saṃprayudhyatoḥ

Veiled in a net of arrows, the sun then did not shine, so furious for each other's death were the two as they fought.

Words: śarajālāvṛtaḥ — veiled in a net of arrows; sūryo — the sun; na — not; tadā — then; sma — (past particle); prakāśate — shines; anyonyavadhasaṃrambhād — out of fury for each other's death; ubhayoḥ — of the two; saṃprayudhyatoḥ — as they fought together

Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki. 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.