Ravana then, with flaming arrows, pierced Rāma's steeds. The celestial horses were not bewildered thereby nor their course was slackened. And they remained thoroughly unagitated as if they were stricken with lotus stalks.
रामस्य तुरगान्दीप्तैः शरैर्विव्याध रावणः। ते दिव्या हरयस्तत्र नास्खलनापि बभ्रमुः॥ बभूवुः स्वस्थहृदयाः पद्मनालैरिवाहताः।