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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.24.7
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
3.24.7
mudgarair āyasaiḥ śūlaiḥ prāsaiḥ khaḍgaiḥ paraśvadhaiḥ
rākṣasāḥ samare rāmaṃ nijaghnū roṣatatparāḥ
With iron mallets, spears, javelins, swords, and battle-axes, the rākṣasas, bent on fury, smote Rāma in the battle.
Words: mudgarair — with mallets; āyasaiḥ — of iron; śūlaiḥ — with spears; prāsaiḥ — with javelins, darts; khaḍgaiḥ — with swords; paraśvadhaiḥ — with battle-axes; rākṣasāḥ — the rākṣasas; samare — in the battle; rāmaṃ — Rāma; nijaghnū — struck, smote; roṣatatparāḥ — bent on fury
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.