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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.24.22

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 responds with hundreds and thousands of arrows, killing attackers and cutting through their weapons, standards, armor, and limbs

3.24.22

tat sainyaṃ niśitair bāṇair arditaṃ marmabhedibhiḥ
rāmeṇa na sukhaṃ lebhe śuṣkaṃ vanam ivāgninā

That army, tormented by Rāma's sharp, vital-piercing arrows, found no ease — like a dry forest set upon by fire.

Words: tat — that; sainyaṃ — army; niśitair — sharp; bāṇair — with arrows; arditaṃ — tormented, afflicted; marmabhedibhiḥ — vital-piercing; rāmeṇa — by Rāma; na sukhaṃ — no ease, no comfort; lebhe — obtained, found; śuṣkaṃ — dry; vanam — forest; ivāgninā — as by fire

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.