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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.24.25

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: the survivors retreat toward Khara

3.24.25

avaśiṣṭāś ca ye tatra viṣaṇṇāś ca niśācarāḥ
kharam evābhyadhāvanta śaraṇārthaṃ śarārditāḥ

And those night-roamers who remained there, dejected and stricken by his arrows, ran to Khara alone for refuge.

Words: avaśiṣṭāś — who remained, survivors; ca — and; ye — who; tatra — there; viṣaṇṇāś — dejected; ca — and; niśācarāḥ — night-roamers; kharam — to Khara; evābhyadhāvanta — indeed ran to; śaraṇārthaṃ — for refuge; śarārditāḥ — stricken by arrows

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.