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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.22.30

Araṇya Kāṇḍa, sarga 22: Omens on Khara’s march. Blood-coloured rain, darkness and bodily tremors warn of disaster, Khara dismisses them and advances with his leading warriors

In the sequence: Khara drives to the front with twelve leading warriors around him; Mahākapāla, Sthūlākṣa, Pramāthin, and Triśiras follow Dūṣaṇa → the force bears down on the travelers.

3.22.30

rathena tu kharo vegāt sainyasyāgrād viniḥsṛtaḥ
taṃ dṛṣṭvā rākṣasaṃ bhūyo rākṣasāś ca viniḥsṛtāḥ

And Khara, on his chariot, sped swiftly forth from the front of the army; seeing that rākṣasa, the other rākṣasas too pressed forward again.

Words: rathena — by/on the chariot; tu — and; kharo — Khara; vegāt — swiftly, with speed; sainyasyāgrād — from the front of the army; viniḥsṛtaḥ — came forth, sped out; taṃ — him, that; dṛṣṭvā — having seen; rākṣasaṃ — rākṣasa; bhūyo — again; rākṣasāś — the rākṣasas; ca — too, and; viniḥsṛtāḥ — came forth, pressed forward

Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki. 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.