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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.3.11

Araṇya Kāṇḍa, sarga 3: Virādha’s defeat and release. The brothers break his arms, he reveals himself as the cursed Tumburu, directs them to Śarabhaṅga and asks for burial

In the sequence: Rāma angrily refuses and shoots seven arrows, which pass through Virādha's body and fall bloodstained to the ground

3.3.11

dhanuṣā jyāguṇavatā saptabāṇān mumoca ha
rukmapuṅkhān mahāvegān suparṇānilatulyagān

From his bow with its taut string he loosed seven arrows, gold-feathered, of great speed, flying swift as Garuḍa and the wind.

Words: dhanuṣā — with the bow; jyāguṇavatā — with a taut bowstring; saptabāṇān — seven arrows; mumoca — released, loosed; ha — indeed; rukmapuṅkhān — gold-feathered; mahāvegān — of great speed; suparṇānilatulyagān — flying like Garuḍa and the wind

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.