Laksmana, tortured with Ravan's arrow, shook, loosely holding his bow; and then recovering his consciousness after undergoing extreme agony he severed the bow of the foe of the foremost of celestials.
स लक्ष्मणो रावनसायकार्तश्चचाल चापं शिथिलं प्रगृह्य । पुनश्च संज्ञां प्रतिलभ्य कृच्छ्राच्चिच्छेद चापं त्रिदशेन्द्रशत्रोः॥