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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.27.10

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: Khara wounds Rāma while maneuvering his chariot, but Rāma remains undaunted

3.27.10

tato nālīkanārācais tīkṣṇāgraiś ca vikarṇibhiḥ
ājaghāna raṇe rāmaṃ totrair iva mahādvipam

Then with nālīka and iron arrows, sharp-tipped and barbed, he struck Rāma in the battle, as a driver goads a great elephant.

Words: tato — then; nālīkanārācais — with nālīka and iron arrows; tīkṣṇāgraiś — sharp-tipped; ca — and; vikarṇibhiḥ — barbed (arrows); ājaghāna — struck; raṇe — in the battle; rāmaṃ — Rāma; totrair — with goads; iva — as, like; mahādvipam — a great elephant

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.