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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.32.6

Araṇya Kāṇḍa, sarga 32: Śūrpaṇakhā describes Sītā. She recounts Rāma’s victory, praises Sītā’s beauty and urges Rāvaṇa to kill the brothers and take her as his wife

In the sequence: Śūrpaṇakhā describes his appearance, bow, and extraordinary speed: she could see the army falling but could not follow the movements by which he shot

3.32.6

śakracāpanibhaṃ cāpaṃ vikṛṣya kanakāṅgadam
dīptān kṣipati nārācān sarpān iva mahāviṣān

Drawing his bow, which resembles Indra's, and wearing golden armlets, he looses blazing iron arrows like great venomous serpents.

Words: śakracāpanibhaṃ — resembling Indra's bow; cāpaṃ — the bow; vikṛṣya — having drawn; kanakāṅgadam — (wearing) golden armlets; dīptān — blazing; kṣipati — hurls, looses; nārācān — iron arrows; sarpān — serpents; iva — like; mahāviṣān — greatly venomous

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.