तस्तंभ तेनातिबलं तदस्त्रं वायव्यमिष्वस्त्रविधानदक्षः / रामो ऽपि तत्रातिबलं विदित्वा तं मत्स्यराजं विविधास्त्रपूगैः
tastaṃbha tenātibalaṃ tadastraṃ vāyavyamiṣvastravidhānadakṣaḥ / rāmo 'pi tatrātibalaṃ viditvā taṃ matsyarājaṃ vividhāstrapūgaiḥ
Rāma, skilled in the rites of the Vāyavya and the astras of arrows, checked that exceedingly powerful weapon. Knowing its fierce might, he assailed the Matsya king with volleys of many astras.