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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.26.13

Araṇya Kāṇḍa, sarga 26: Triśiras loses his three heads. He takes Khara’s place in battle, Rāma wrecks his chariot and severs his heads, Khara advances himself

In the sequence: three arrows strike Rāma's forehead → Rāma mocks their force and answers with fourteen arrows into Triśiras's chest

3.26.13

evam uktvā tu saṃrabdhaḥ śarān āśīviṣopamān
triśiro vakṣasi kruddho nijaghāna caturdaśa

So saying, the furious one, enraged, struck fourteen arrows, like venomous serpents, into the breast of Triśiras.

Words: evam uktvā — having spoken thus; tu — and; saṃrabdhaḥ — furious, agitated; śarān — arrows; āśīviṣopamān — like venomous serpents; triśiro — of Triśiras; vakṣasi — in the breast; kruddho — enraged; nijaghāna — struck, smote; caturdaśa — fourteen

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.