And even as the reaper hurled his rod, did Lakşmaņa hurl that weapon inspired with divine energy, dreadful and aflame, at Atikaya.
तदलं ज्वलितं घोरं लक्ष्मणः शरमाहितम्। अतिकायाय चिक्षेप कालदण्डमिवान्तकः॥