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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.27.2

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: Seeing Dūṣaṇa, Triśiras, and most of his army dead, Khara feels fear but advances

3.27.2

sa dṛṣṭvā rākṣasaṃ sainyam aviṣahyaṃ mahābalam
hatam ekena rāmeṇa dūṣaṇas triśirā api

Seeing the rākṣasa army, irresistible and mighty, slain by Rāma alone — and Dūṣaṇa and Triśiras too —

Words: sa — he; dṛṣṭvā — having seen; rākṣasaṃ — rākṣasa; sainyam — army; aviṣahyaṃ — irresistible, unbearable; mahābalam — mighty; hatam — slain; ekena — by one, alone; rāmeṇa — by Rāma; dūṣaṇas — Dūṣaṇa; triśirā — Triśiras; api — too, also

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.