Canto 1 - Boyhood
Bāla-kāṇḍa
Chapter 26: The Killing of the Demoness Tāṭakā
Text 1.26.19
शिलावर्षं महत्तस्याः शरवर्षेण राघवः।
प्रतिहत्योपधावन्त्याः करौ चिच्छेद पत्रिभिः॥
śilā-varṣaṁ mahat tasyāḥ śara-varṣeṇa rāghavaḥ
pratihatyopadhāvantyāḥ karau ciccheda patribhiḥ
śilā-varṣam = shower of rocks; mahat = great; tasyāḥ = her; śara-varṣeṇa = with a shower of arrows; rāghavaḥ = Rāghava; pratihatya = breaking; upadhāvantyāḥ = when she was advancing towards Him; karau = her hands; ciccheda = then cut off; patribhiḥ = with arrows.
Breaking her great shower of rocks with a shower of arrows, Rāghava then cut off her hands with arrows when she was advancing towards Him.