Araṇya Kāṇḍa 25: Dūṣaṇa’s death · 3.25.2 →

Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.25.1

Araṇya Kāṇḍa, sarga 25: Dūṣaṇa’s death. Rāma severs his arms, kills three commanders and destroys the troops, leaving Khara & Triśiras as the principal opponents

In the sequence: Rāma meets the shower of trees and rocks with arrows and covers Dūṣaṇa's force with his own missiles

3.25.1

tad drumāṇāṃ śilānāṃ ca varṣaṃ prāṇaharaṃ mahat
pratijagrāha dharmātmā rāghavas tīkṣṇasāyakaiḥ

That great, life-destroying rain of trees and rocks the righteous Rāghava met with his sharp arrows.

Words: tad — that; drumāṇāṃ — of trees; śilānāṃ — of rocks; ca — and; varṣaṃ — rain, shower; prāṇaharaṃ — life-destroying; mahat — great; pratijagrāha — received, warded off; dharmātmā — the righteous one; rāghavas — Rāghava; tīkṣṇasāyakaiḥ — with sharp 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.