
Ramayana · Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 63, Verse 39
Ramayana 2.63.39
तं देशमहमागम्य दीनसत्त्वस्सुदुर्मनाः।अपश्यमिषुणा तीरे सरय्वास्तापसं हतम्।।2.63.38।।अवकीर्ण जटाभारं प्रविद्धकलशोदकम्।पांसुशोणितदिग्धाङ्गं शयानं शल्यपीडितम्।।2.63.39।।
taṃ deśam aham āgamya dīnasattvaḥ sudurmanāḥ | apaśyam iṣuṇā tīre sarayvāḥ tāpasaṃ hatam || 2.63.38 || avakīrṇajaṭābhāraṃ praviddhakalaśodakam | pāṃsuśoṇitadigdhāṅgaṃ śayānaṃ śalyapīḍitam || 2.63.39 ||
Reaching that spot, drained of strength and sick at heart, I saw on the bank of the Sarayū an ascetic struck down by my arrow—his matted locks scattered, his water-pot flung away, his limbs smeared with dust and blood, lying pierced and tormented by the shaft.