Araṇya Kāṇḍa 27: Rāma takes up Viṣṇu’s bow · 3.27.2 →

Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.27.1

Araṇya Kāṇḍa, sarga 27: Rāma takes up Viṣṇu’s bow. Khara breaks his bow and shoots away his armour, Rāma uses Agastya’s gift to destroy Khara’s chariot and bow

In the sequence: Seeing Dūṣaṇa, Triśiras, and most of his army dead, Khara feels fear but advances

3.27.1

nihataṃ dūṣaṇaṃ dṛṣṭvā raṇe triśirasā saha
kharasyāpy abhavat trāso dṛṣṭvā rāmasya vikramam

Seeing Dūṣaṇa slain in battle along with Triśiras, and seeing Rāma's prowess, terror came even upon Khara.

Words: nihataṃ — slain; dūṣaṇaṃ — Dūṣaṇa; dṛṣṭvā — having seen; raṇe — in battle; triśirasā saha — along with Triśiras; kharasyāpy — of Khara even; abhavat — arose, came to be; trāso — terror; dṛṣṭvā — having seen; rāmasya — of Rāma; vikramam — prowess, valour

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.