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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.49.5

Araṇya Kāṇḍa, sarga 49: Jaṭāyu’s battle and fall. He wrecks Rāvaṇa’s chariot and renews the attack, Rāvaṇa cuts his wings, feet and flanks, Sītā embraces him

In the sequence: he showers Jaṭāyu with arrows, but the bird endures them and tears his body with his talons

3.49.5

tato nālīkanārācais tīkṣṇāgraiś ca vikarṇibhiḥ
abhyavarṣan mahāghorair gṛdhrarājaṃ mahābalaḥ

Then the mighty Rāvaṇa rained upon the king of vultures a shower of nālīka and nārāca shafts — sharp-pointed, barbed, and most terrible.

Words: tato — then; nālīkanārācais — with nālīka and nārāca arrows; tīkṣṇāgraiś — sharp-pointed; ca — and; vikarṇibhiḥ — barbed (arrows); abhyavarṣan — rained down, showered; mahāghorair — very terrible; gṛdhrarājaṃ — the king of vultures; mahābalaḥ — the mighty one

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.