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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.24.2

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: Khara sees Rāma ready at the hermitage and orders his charioteer to drive toward him → the rākṣasa leaders close around Rāma and shower him with weapons

3.24.2

taṃ dṛṣṭvā saguṇaṃ cāpam udyamya kharaniḥsvanam
rāmasyābhimukhaṃ sūtaṃ codyatām ity acodayat

Seeing him, Khara raised his strung bow of harsh twang and urged his charioteer, “Drive on toward Rāma!”

Words: taṃ — him; dṛṣṭvā — having seen; saguṇaṃ — strung (with bowstring); cāpam — bow; udyamya — having raised; kharaniḥsvanam — of harsh twang; rāmasyābhimukhaṃ — toward Rāma, facing Rāma; sūtaṃ — the charioteer; codyatām — 'let (it) be driven'; ity — thus; acodayat — urged, commanded

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.