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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.25.9
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
3.25.9
sa karābhyāṃ vikīrṇābhyāṃ papāta bhuvi dūṣaṇaḥ
viṣāṇābhyāṃ viśīrṇābhyāṃ manasvīva mahāgajaḥ
With his two arms cut away, Dūṣaṇa fell to the ground, like a proud great elephant with its two tusks broken off.
Words: sa — he; karābhyāṃ — with the two arms/hands; vikīrṇābhyāṃ — scattered, severed; papāta — fell; bhuvi — on the ground; dūṣaṇaḥ — Dūṣaṇa; viṣāṇābhyāṃ — with the two tusks; viśīrṇābhyāṃ — broken off, shattered; manasvīva — like a proud, spirited one; mahāgajaḥ — a great elephant
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.