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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.26.6

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: Khara gives permission, and Triśiras drives at Rāma, roaring and firing arrows

3.26.6

kharas triśirasā tena mṛtyulobhāt prasāditaḥ
gaccha yudhyety anujñāto rāghavābhimukho yayau

Khara, won over by that Triśiras out of the latter's craving for death, gave leave with “Go, fight!”; and (Triśiras,) so permitted, went to face Rāghava.

Words: kharas — Khara; triśirasā — by Triśiras; tena — by that (one); mṛtyulobhāt — out of (his) craving for death; prasāditaḥ — won over, conciliated; gaccha — go; yudhyety — 'fight'; anujñāto — permitted, given leave; rāghavābhimukho — facing Rāghava; yayau — went

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.