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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.25.11
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: Mahākapāla, Sthūlākṣa, and Pramāthin attack together with a spear, paṭṭiśa, and axe
3.25.11
etasminn antare kruddhās trayaḥ senāgrayāyinaḥ
saṃhatyābhyadravan rāmaṃ mṛtyupāśāvapāśitāḥ
mahākapālaḥ sthūlākṣaḥ pramāthī ca mahābalaḥ
Meanwhile, three enraged leaders of the army, joining forces, rushed at Rāma, already bound in the noose of death — Mahākapāla, Sthūlākṣa, and the mighty Pramāthin.
Words: etasminn antare — in the meantime; kruddhās — enraged; trayaḥ — three; senāgrayāyinaḥ — leaders at the front of the army; saṃhatyābhyadravan — joining forces, rushed at; rāmaṃ — Rāma; mṛtyupāśāvapāśitāḥ — bound in the noose of death; mahākapālaḥ — Mahākapāla; sthūlākṣaḥ — Sthūlākṣa; pramāthī — Pramāthin; ca — and; mahābalaḥ — the mighty
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.