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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.25.13

Bāla Kāṇḍa, sarga 25: Rāma kills Tāṭakā. Rāma’s bowstring draws her attack, he kills her with an arrow to the breast and the Devas ask Viśvāmitra to reward him with divine weapons

In the sequence: before he finishes, she charges roaring with her arms raised, springing forward like a thunderbolt → Rāma shoots her in the breast, and she falls dead

1.25.13

evaṃ bruvāṇe rāme tu tāṭakā krodhamūrchitā
udyamya bāhū garjantī rāmam evābhyadhāvata

But as Rāma was speaking thus, Tāṭakā, senseless with rage, raising her arms and roaring, rushed straight at Rāma.

Words: evaṃ — thus; bruvāṇe — speaking (loc. abs.); rāme — Rāma (loc. abs.); tu — but; tāṭakā — Tāṭakā; krodhamūrchitā — senseless with rage; udyamya — having raised; bāhū — the two arms; garjantī — roaring; rāmam — Rāma; evābhyadhāvata — rushed right at

Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki, the ādikavi of the ādikāvya: the first poet of the first poem. Sanskrit: The Vālmīki-Rāmāyaṇa: Critical Edition, Oriental Institute, Baroda, 1960–1975 (gen. eds. G. H. Bhatt, U. P. Shah); IAST from GRETIL (Göttingen). Translation and word glosses: Claude Opus 4.6–4.7; summaries and sequences: ChatGPT Astra (machine-made). Numbering follows the Critical Edition, not the vulgate (e.g. Gita Press, valmikiramayan.net), so sarga and verse numbers can differ from those editions.