Canto 3 -
Araṇya-kāṇḍa
Chapter 51: Jaṭāyu Fights with Rāvaṇa
Text 3.51.5
ततो नालीकनाराचैस्तीक्ष्णाग्रैश्च विकर्णिभिः।
अभ्यवर्षन्महाघोरैर्गृध्रराजं महाबलः॥
tato nālīka-nārācais tīkṣṇāgraiś ca vikarṇibhiḥ
abhyavarṣan mahā-ghorair gṛdhra-rājaṁ mahā-balaḥ
tataḥ = thereupon; nālīka-nārācaiḥ = wooden arrows, iron arrows; tīkṣṇa-agraiḥ = and sharp pointed; ca = and; vikarṇibhiḥ = and vikarṇī arrows; abhyavarṣan = showered; mahā-ghoraiḥ = most terrible; gṛdhra-rājam = at the king of vultures; mahā-balaḥ = the mighty [Rāvaṇa].
Thereupon the mighty [Rāvaṇa] showered most terrible and sharp-pointed wooden arrows, iron arrows and vikarṇī arrows at the king of vultures.
Vikarṇī arrows have hooks at their leading edges.