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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.27.11

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

3.27.11

taṃ rathasthaṃ dhanuṣpāṇiṃ rākṣasaṃ paryavasthitam
dadṛśuḥ sarvabhūtāni pāśahastam ivāntakam

All beings saw that rākṣasa, standing on his chariot, bow in hand, poised for combat, like Death with noose in hand.

Words: taṃ — that, him; rathasthaṃ — standing on the chariot; dhanuṣpāṇiṃ — bow in hand; rākṣasaṃ — the rākṣasa; paryavasthitam — poised, standing ready; dadṛśuḥ — saw; sarvabhūtāni — all beings; pāśahastam — with noose in hand; ivāntakam — like Death (Antaka)

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.