Canto 3 -
Araṇya-kāṇḍa
Chapter 21: Śūrpaṇakhā Impels Khara to Attack Rāma
Text 3.21.9
ते तु रामेण सामर्षाः शूलपट्टिशपाणयः।
समरे निहताः सर्वे सायकैर्मर्मभेदिभिः॥
te tu rāmeṇa sāmarṣāḥ śūla-paṭṭiśa-pāṇayaḥ
samare nihatāḥ sarve sāyakair marma-bhedibhiḥ
te tu = of them; rāmeṇa = Rāma; sa-amarṣāḥ = were angry; śūla-paṭṭiśa-pāṇayaḥ = and held spears and paṭṭiśa swords in their hands; samare = in battle; nihatāḥ = slew them; sarve = [though] all; sāyakaiḥ = with arrows; marma-bhedibhiḥ = that pierced their hearts.
[Though] all of them were angry and held spears and paṭṭiśa swords in their hands, Rāma slew them in battle with arrows that pierced their hearts.