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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.27.20

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: he cuts down Khara's standard

3.27.20

tataḥ kanakapuṅkhais tu śaraiḥ saṃnataparvabhiḥ
ciccheda rāmaḥ saṃkruddhaḥ kharasya samare dhvajam

Then Rāma, greatly enraged, with gold-shafted, smooth-jointed arrows, cut down Khara's banner in the battle.

Words: tataḥ — then; kanakapuṅkhais — gold-shafted; tu — and; śaraiḥ — with arrows; saṃnataparvabhiḥ — smooth-jointed; ciccheda — cut down; rāmaḥ — Rāma; saṃkruddhaḥ — greatly enraged; kharasya — of Khara; samare — in the battle; dhvajam — banner

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.