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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.27.14

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 cuts Rāma's bow at the grip and strikes his armor with seven arrows, making it fall away

3.27.14

tato 'sya saśaraṃ cāpaṃ muṣṭideśe mahātmanaḥ
kharaś ciccheda rāmasya darśayan pāṇilāghavam

Then Khara, displaying his dexterity of hand, cut the great-souled Rāma's bow, arrow and all, at the grip.

Words: tato — then; 'sya — his; saśaraṃ — with the arrow; cāpaṃ — bow; muṣṭideśe — at the grip (place of the fist); mahātmanaḥ — of the great-souled; kharaś — Khara; ciccheda — cut; rāmasya — of Rāma; darśayan — displaying, showing; pāṇilāghavam — dexterity of hand, nimbleness

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.