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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.24.12

Araṇya Kāṇḍa, sarga 24: Battle at Janasthāna. The army surrounds and wounds Rāma, his arrows drive it back and Dūṣaṇa rallies the survivors to attack with trees and rocks

In the sequence: Rāma intercepts the missiles with arrows; although wounded and covered in blood, he holds his ground

3.24.12

sa taiḥ praharaṇair ghorair bhinnagātro na vivyathe
rāmaḥ pradīptair bahubhir vajrair iva mahācalaḥ

Though his limbs were wounded by those dreadful weapons, Rāma did not falter — like a great mountain unshaken by many blazing thunderbolts.

Words: sa — he; taiḥ — by those; praharaṇair — weapons, blows; ghorair — dreadful; bhinnagātro — his limbs wounded; na vivyathe — did not falter, was not shaken; rāmaḥ — Rāma; pradīptair — blazing; bahubhir — many; vajrair — by thunderbolts; iva — like; mahācalaḥ — a great mountain

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.