As it coursed on, Bharata's younger brother resisted it with arrows resembling a sacrificial flame. Yet the dart pierced into the broad arm of Dasaratha's son.
तामापतन्तीं भरतानुजोस्त्रैर्जधान बाणैश्च हुताग्निकल्पैः। तथापि सा तस्य विवेश शक्तिर्भुजान्तरं दाशरथेविशालम्॥