Shloka 4.17.8
वालिवधः — Vālī’s Fall and Dharma-Accusation (Kiṣkindhā Sarga 17)
तदस्त्रं तस्य वीरस्य स्वर्गमार्गप्रभावनम्।रामबाणासनक्षिप्तमावहत्परमां गतिम्।।
tadastraṃ tasya vīrasya svargamārga-prabhāvanam | rāmabāṇāsana-kṣiptam āvahat paramāṃ gatim ||
That weapon—Rāma’s arrow released from the bow—became for that hero a force that opened the path to heaven, bringing him to the highest destiny.
Rama's arrow released paved the way to heaven which was that hero's supreme destination.
The verse reflects the epic idea that death in a heroic encounter can be framed within a moral-cosmic order (svarga-mārga), even as questions of right conduct remain central elsewhere in the dialogue.
The narrator comments on the effect of Rāma’s arrow: it leads Vālin toward his final, exalted end.
Heroic worthiness—Vālin is still called ‘vīra’, and his end is portrayed as reaching a ‘paramā gati’.