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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.26.16

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: as Triśiras jumps from the ruined chariot, Rāma strikes his heart, then severs all three heads with three arrows

3.26.16

tato hatarathāt tasmād utpatantaṃ niśācaram
bibheda rāmas taṃ bāṇair hṛdaye so 'bhavaj jaḍaḥ

Then, as the night-roamer leapt out from that ruined chariot, Rāma pierced him in the heart with arrows, and he became senseless.

Words: tato — then; hatarathāt — from the ruined chariot; tasmād — from that; utpatantaṃ — leaping out, springing up; niśācaram — the night-roamer; bibheda — pierced; rāmas — Rāma; taṃ — him; bāṇair — with arrows; hṛdaye — in the heart; so 'bhavaj — he became; jaḍaḥ — senseless, stupefied

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.