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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.25.10

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 cuts off both his arms with two arrows → the club drops, Dūṣaṇa falls dead, and the witnesses praise Rāma

3.25.10

dṛṣṭvā taṃ patitaṃ bhūmau dūṣaṇaṃ nihataṃ raṇe
sādhu sādhv iti kākutsthaṃ sarvabhūtāny apūjayan

Seeing Dūṣaṇa fallen on the ground, slain in the battle, all beings honoured Kākutstha with cries of “Well done! Well done!”

Words: dṛṣṭvā — having seen; taṃ — him; patitaṃ — fallen; bhūmau — on the ground; dūṣaṇaṃ — Dūṣaṇa; nihataṃ — slain; raṇe — in the battle; sādhu sādhv — 'well done! well done!'; iti — thus; kākutsthaṃ — Kākutstha (Rāma); sarvabhūtāny — all beings; apūjayan — honoured, praised

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.