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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.25.16

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: he continues attacking the remaining troops

3.25.16

tataḥ pāvakasaṃkāśair hemavajravibhūṣitaiḥ
jaghanaśeṣaṃ tejasvī tasya sainyasya sāyakaiḥ

Then, with arrows like fire, adorned with gold and diamond, the resplendent one slew the remnant of that army.

Words: tataḥ — then; pāvakasaṃkāśair — like fire; hemavajravibhūṣitaiḥ — adorned with gold and diamond; jaghanaśeṣaṃ — slew the remnant; tejasvī — the resplendent one; tasya — of that; sainyasya — army; sāyakaiḥ — with arrows

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.