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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.27.16

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

3.27.16

tatas tat prahataṃ bāṇaiḥ kharamuktaiḥ suparvabhiḥ
papāta kavacaṃ bhūmau rāmasyādityavarcasaḥ

Then, struck by the well-jointed arrows loosed by Khara, the armour of Rāma, splendid as the sun, fell to the ground.

Words: tatas — then; tat — that; prahataṃ — struck; bāṇaiḥ — by the arrows; kharamuktaiḥ — loosed by Khara; suparvabhiḥ — well-jointed; papāta — fell; kavacaṃ — armour; bhūmau — on the ground; rāmasyādityavarcasaḥ — of Rāma, splendid as the sun

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.