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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.24.27

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: Dūṣaṇa rallies and reassures them, then leads a renewed attack with uprooted trees and rocks.

3.24.27

nivṛttās tu punaḥ sarve dūṣaṇāśrayanirbhayāḥ
rāmam evābhyadhāvanta sālatālaśilāyudhāḥ

All of them, turning back once more, made fearless by Dūṣaṇa's protection, rushed at Rāma, armed with sāl trees, palmyras, and rocks.

Words: nivṛttās — turned back; tu — and; punaḥ — again; sarve — all; dūṣaṇāśrayanirbhayāḥ — fearless through Dūṣaṇa's protection; rāmam — at Rāma; evābhyadhāvanta — indeed rushed; sālatālaśilāyudhāḥ — armed with sāl trees, palmyras, and rocks

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.