And O Bharata, soon as Rama discharged it by drawing to a great length (his bowstring), the lord of the Rakshasas together with his horses and charioteer, enveloped in a great and blazing fire was burnt up.
मुक्तमात्रेण रामेण दूराकृष्टेन भारत॥ स तेन राक्षसश्रेष्ठः सरथः साश्चसारथिः। प्रजज्वाल महाज्वालेनाग्निनाभिपरिप्लुतः॥