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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.25.7
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 cuts off both his arms with two arrows → the club drops, Dūṣaṇa falls dead, and the witnesses praise Rāma
3.25.7
tasyābhipatamānasya dūṣaṇasya sa rāghavaḥ
dvābhyāṃ śarābhyāṃ ciccheda sahastābharaṇau bhujau
As Dūṣaṇa rushed on, Rāghava, with two arrows, cut off his two arms, hands and ornaments and all.
Words: tasyābhipatamānasya — of him rushing on; dūṣaṇasya — of Dūṣaṇa; sa — he; rāghavaḥ — Rāghava; dvābhyāṃ — with two; śarābhyāṃ — with arrows; ciccheda — cut off; sahastābharaṇau — with hands and ornaments; bhujau — the two arms
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.