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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.25.4

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: Dūṣaṇa takes a massive iron club, banded with gold and studded with spikes, and charges

3.25.4

tataḥ senāpatiḥ kruddho dūṣaṇaḥ śatrudūṣaṇaḥ
jagrāha giriśṛṅgābhaṃ parighaṃ romaharṣaṇam

Then the enraged general Dūṣaṇa, tormentor of foes, seized an iron club, hair-raising, like a mountain-peak,

Words: tataḥ — then; senāpatiḥ — the general, commander; kruddho — enraged; dūṣaṇaḥ — Dūṣaṇa; śatrudūṣaṇaḥ — tormentor of foes; jagrāha — seized; giriśṛṅgābhaṃ — like a mountain-peak; parighaṃ — an iron club; romaharṣaṇam — hair-raising

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.