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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.25.23

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: the account summarizes the destruction as fourteen thousand rākṣasas slain by one man fighting on foot, then identifies Khara and Triśiras as the remaining principal opponents → Khara drives toward Rāma.

3.25.23

tasya sainyasya sarvasya kharaḥ śeṣo mahārathaḥ
rākṣasas triśirāś caiva rāmaś ca ripusūdanaḥ

Of all that army, Khara the great warrior was left, and the rākṣasa Triśiras — and Rāma, the slayer of foes.

Words: tasya — of that; sainyasya — army; sarvasya — all, whole; kharaḥ — Khara; śeṣo — the remainder, left; mahārathaḥ — the great warrior; rākṣasas — the rākṣasa; triśirāś — Triśiras; caiva — and also; rāmaś — Rāma; ca — and; ripusūdanaḥ — the slayer of foes

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.