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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.27.21

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

3.27.21

sa darśanīyo bahudhā vicchinnaḥ kāñcano dhvajaḥ
jagāma dharaṇīṃ sūryo devatānām ivājñayā

That splendid golden banner, cut into many pieces, fell to the earth, like the sun brought down by the command of the gods.

Words: sa — that; darśanīyo — splendid, fair to see; bahudhā — in many (pieces); vicchinnaḥ — cut, severed; kāñcano — golden; dhvajaḥ — banner; jagāma — went, fell; dharaṇīṃ — to the earth; sūryo — the sun; devatānām — of the gods; ivājñayā — as by the command

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.