Canto 1 - Boyhood
Bāla-kāṇḍa
Chapter 26: The Killing of the Demoness Tāṭakā
Text 1.26.28
तामापतन्तीं वेगेन विक्रान्तामशनीमिव।
शरेणोरसि विव्याध सा पपात ममार च॥
tām āpatantīṁ vegena vikrāntām aśanīm iva
śareṇorasi vivyādha sā papāta mamāra ca
tām = that yakṣiṇī; āpatantīm = while was approaching; vegena = rapidly; vikrāntām = bold; aśanīm iva = like a thunderbolt; śareṇa = with an arrow; urasi = in her chest; vivyādha = he pierced her; sā = she; papāta = fell down; mamāra ca = and died.
While that bold yakṣiṇī was approaching Them rapidly like a thunderbolt, He pierced her in her chest with an arrow. She fell down and died.