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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.26.17

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

3.26.17

sāyakaiś cāprameyātmā sāmarṣas tasya rakṣasaḥ
śirāṃsy apātayat trīṇi vegavadbhis tribhiḥ śataiḥ

And the one of immeasurable spirit, indignant, with three swift arrows brought down the three heads of that rākṣasa.

Words: sāyakaiś — with arrows; cāprameyātmā — and the one of immeasurable spirit; sāmarṣas — indignant, wrathful; tasya — his; rakṣasaḥ — of the rākṣasa; śirāṃsy — heads; apātayat — brought down, felled; trīṇi — three; vegavadbhis — swift; tribhiḥ — three; śataiḥ — arrows (lit. hundreds)

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.