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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.25.5

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

3.25.5

veṣṭitaṃ kāñcanaiḥ paṭṭair devasainyābhimardanam
āyasaiḥ śaṅkubhis tīkṣṇaiḥ kīrṇaṃ paravasokṣitām

wound about with golden bands, a crusher of the armies of the gods, studded with sharp iron spikes, wet with the fat of foes,

Words: veṣṭitaṃ — wound about, wrapped; kāñcanaiḥ — with golden; paṭṭair — bands, plates; devasainyābhimardanam — a crusher of the armies of the gods; āyasaiḥ — of iron; śaṅkubhis — with spikes; tīkṣṇaiḥ — sharp; kīrṇaṃ — studded, strewn; paravasokṣitām — wet with the fat of foes

Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki. 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.