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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.26.19

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: surviving troops who have sheltered near Khara flee again → Khara turns them back and charges Rāma himself.

3.26.19

hataśeṣās tato bhagnā rākṣasāḥ kharasaṃśrayāḥ
dravanti sma na tiṣṭhanti vyāghratrastā mṛgā iva

Then the rākṣasas who survived, routed, who had taken refuge with Khara, fled and did not stand their ground, like deer terrified by a tiger.

Words: hataśeṣās — the survivors (left from the slaughter); tato — then; bhagnā — routed, broken; rākṣasāḥ — the rākṣasas; kharasaṃśrayāḥ — who had taken refuge with Khara; dravanti sma — fled, ran; na tiṣṭhanti — did not stand; vyāghratrastā — terrified by a tiger; mṛgā — deer; iva — like

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.