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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.26.15

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

3.26.15

aṣṭabhiḥ sāyakaiḥ sūtaṃ rathopasthe nyapātayat
rāmaś ciccheda bāṇena dhvajaṃ cāsya samucchritam

With eight arrows Rāma felled the charioteer from the chariot-seat, and with an arrow cut down his banner raised aloft.

Words: aṣṭabhiḥ — with eight; sāyakaiḥ — with arrows; sūtaṃ — the charioteer; rathopasthe — on the chariot-seat; nyapātayat — felled, brought down; rāmaś — Rāma; ciccheda — cut down; bāṇena — with an arrow; dhvajaṃ — banner; cāsya — and his; samucchritam — raised aloft

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.