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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.25.2

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 meets the shower of trees and rocks with arrows and covers Dūṣaṇa's force with his own missiles

3.25.2

pratigṛhya ca tad varaṃ nimīlita ivarṣabhaḥ
rāmaḥ krodhaṃ paraṃ bheje vadhārthaṃ sarvarakṣasām

Having borne that shower, like a bull that shuts its eyes before a downpour, Rāma gave way to supreme wrath for the slaying of all the rākṣasas.

Words: pratigṛhya — having received, borne; ca — and; tad — that; varaṃ — shower (of missiles); nimīlita — with eyes closed; ivarṣabhaḥ — like a bull; rāmaḥ — Rāma; krodhaṃ — wrath; paraṃ — supreme; bheje — resorted to, gave way to; vadhārthaṃ — for the slaying; sarvarakṣasām — of all the rākṣasas

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.