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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.24.9
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
3.24.9
te rāme śaravarṣāṇi vyasṛjan rakṣasāṃ guṇāḥ
śailendram iva dhārābhir varṣamāṇā mahādhanāḥ
The foremost of the rākṣasas, mighty archers, loosed showers of arrows upon Rāma, as clouds pour streams of rain upon the king of mountains.
Words: te — they, those; rāme — on Rāma; śaravarṣāṇi — showers of arrows; vyasṛjan — loosed, let loose; rakṣasāṃ — of the rākṣasas; guṇāḥ — the foremost, chief ones; śailendram — the king of mountains; iva — as, like; dhārābhir — with streams (of rain); varṣamāṇā — pouring, raining; mahādhanāḥ — mighty archers, richly armed
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.