Then Lakşmaņa resembling the great Indra, on (Indrajit's) best of chargers having been despatched, in the encounter began to terribly rive with arrows discharged (his foe) footing on the earth and showering excellent sharpened shafts.
ततो महेन्द्रप्रतिमः सलक्ष्मणः पदातिनं तं निहतैहयोत्तमैः। मृजन्तमाजौ निशिताञ्छरोत्तमान्भृशं तदा बाणगतैर्व्यदारयत्॥