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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.19.15

Araṇya Kāṇḍa, sarga 19: Rāma kills the fourteen. He offers withdrawal, cuts down their fourteen spears with one volley and kills them with fourteen further arrows

In the sequence: they reject the warning, mock the prospect of one man resisting their numbers, and threaten to kill him for provoking Khara

3.19.15

ebhir bāhuprayuktair naḥ parighaiḥ śūlapaṭṭiśaiḥ
prāṇāṃs tyakṣyasi vīryaṃ ca dhanuś ca karapīḍitam

By these clubs, spears, and paṭṭiśas wielded by our arms, you shall give up your life, your valour, and the bow gripped in your hand.”

Words: ebhir — by these; bāhuprayuktair — wielded by (our) arms; naḥ — our; parighaiḥ — by iron clubs; śūlapaṭṭiśaiḥ — by spears and paṭṭiśas; prāṇāṃs — life-breaths, life; tyakṣyasi — you shall give up; vīryaṃ — valour; ca — and; dhanuś ca — and the bow; karapīḍitam — gripped in the hand

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.