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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.25.13

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 Mahākapāla's head, strikes Pramāthin down with a mass of arrows, and kills Sthūlākṣa with arrows through the eyes

3.25.13

dṛṣṭvaivāpatatas tāṃs tu rāghavaḥ sāyakaiḥ śitaiḥ
tīkṣṇāgraiḥ pratijagrāha saṃprāptān atithīn iva

As soon as he saw them rushing on, Rāghava received them with sharp, keen-tipped arrows, as one receives guests arrived at the door.

Words: dṛṣṭvaivāpatatas — as soon as he saw (them) rushing; tāṃs — them; tu — and; rāghavaḥ — Rāghava; sāyakaiḥ — with arrows; śitaiḥ — sharp; tīkṣṇāgraiḥ — keen-tipped; pratijagrāha — received, welcomed; saṃprāptān — arrived; atithīn — guests; iva — as, like

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.