Shloka 6.45.6
इन्द्रजितः अन्तर्धानयुद्धं — Indrajit’s Concealed Assault and the Fall of Rama and Lakshmana
तंभीममार्गमाणादिशोदशःवेगाहरयोनाराचैःक्षतविग्रहाः ।अन्धकारेनददृशुर्मेघैस्सूर्यमिवावृतम् ।।6.45.6।।
nirantaraśarīrau tu tāv ubhau rāmalakṣmaṇau |
kruddhenendrajitā vīrau pannagaiḥ śaratāṃ gataiḥ ||6.45.8||
Both the heroic Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa were struck all over by the enraged Indrajit with arrows that had taken the form of serpents.
The Vanaras were mangled with iron arrows, however endowed with high speed they could not make out Indrajith in utter darkness just as the sun covered by clouds.
The episode frames dharma as resilience when confronted by overwhelming and uncanny force; righteousness may be bound, but not morally defeated.
Indrajit uses serpent-form arrows, leaving both brothers pierced across their bodies.
Heroic endurance (vīrya and dhairya) in the face of extraordinary weapons.