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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.26.14

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: he kills the four horses, brings down the charioteer, and cuts the standard

3.26.14

caturbhis turagān asya śaraiḥ saṃnataparvabhiḥ
nyapātayata tejasvī caturas tasya vājinaḥ

With four smooth-jointed arrows the resplendent one brought down his four horses.

Words: caturbhis — with four; turagān — horses; asya — his; śaraiḥ — with arrows; saṃnataparvabhiḥ — smooth-jointed; nyapātayata — brought down, felled; tejasvī — the resplendent one; caturas — four; tasya — his; vājinaḥ — horses

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.