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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.27.12

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

3.27.12

taṃ siṃham iva vikrāntaṃ siṃhavikrāntagāminam
dṛṣṭvā nodvijate rāmaḥ siṃhaḥ kṣudramṛgaṃ yathā

Seeing him, valiant as a lion, moving with a lion's stride, Rāma was no more dismayed than a lion at a small deer.

Words: taṃ — him; siṃham iva — like a lion; vikrāntaṃ — valiant, striding; siṃhavikrāntagāminam — moving with a lion's stride; dṛṣṭvā — having seen; nodvijate — is not dismayed, does not tremble; rāmaḥ — Rāma; siṃhaḥ — a lion; kṣudramṛgaṃ — a small deer; yathā — as, like

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.