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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.25.24

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.

3.25.24

tatas tu tad bhīmabalaṃ mahāhave samīkṣya rāmeṇa hataṃ balīyasā
rathena rāmaṃ mahatā kharas tataḥ samāsasādendra ivodyatāśaniḥ

Then, seeing that dreadful host slain by the mighty Rāma in the great battle, Khara thereupon, on his great chariot, bore down upon Rāma, like Indra with upraised thunderbolt.

Words: tatas — then; tu — and; tad — that; bhīmabalaṃ — the dreadful host; mahāhave — in the great battle; samīkṣya — having seen; rāmeṇa — by Rāma; hataṃ — slain; balīyasā — by the mightier one; rathena — on the chariot; rāmaṃ — Rāma; mahatā — great; kharas — Khara; tataḥ — thereupon; samāsasādendra — bore down upon (Rāma); (like) Indra; ivodyatāśaniḥ — like (him) with upraised thunderbolt

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.