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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.25.12

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

3.25.12

mahākapālo vipulaṃ śūlam udyamya rākṣasaḥ
sthūlākṣaḥ paṭṭiśaṃ gṛhya pramāthī ca paraśvadham

The rākṣasa Mahākapāla raising a huge spear, Sthūlākṣa grasping a paṭṭiśa, and Pramāthin a battle-axe —

Words: mahākapālo — Mahākapāla; vipulaṃ — huge; śūlam — spear; udyamya — having raised; rākṣasaḥ — the rākṣasa; sthūlākṣaḥ — Sthūlākṣa; paṭṭiśaṃ — a paṭṭiśa (spiked mace); gṛhya — having grasped; pramāthī — Pramāthin; ca — and; paraśvadham — a battle-axe

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.