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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.42.10

Araṇya Kāṇḍa, sarga 42: Mārīca’s false cry. Mortally wounded, he calls in Rāma’s voice, Rāma fears for Sītā and takes another deer’s meat before hurrying back

In the sequence: he resolves to kill it and shoots a blazing arrow described as fashioned through Brahmā's weapon-craft

3.42.10

dṛṣṭvā rāmo mahātejās taṃ hantuṃ kṛtaniścayaḥ
saṃdhāya sudṛḍhe cāpe vikṛṣya balavad balī

Seeing it, Rāma of great splendour, resolved to kill it, fitted (an arrow) to his very firm bow, and, mighty, drew it with force,

Words: dṛṣṭvā — having seen; rāmo — Rāma; mahātejās — of great splendour; taṃ hantuṃ — to kill it; kṛtaniścayaḥ — resolved; saṃdhāya — having fitted (an arrow); sudṛḍhe cāpe — on the very firm bow; vikṛṣya — having drawn; balavad — forcefully; balī — the mighty one

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.