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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.27.23

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 wounds him again, and Rāma replies with six arrows to Khara's head, arms, and chest

3.27.23

sa rāmo bahubhir bāṇaiḥ kharakārmukaniḥsṛtaiḥ
viddho rudhirasiktāṅgo babhūva ruṣito bhṛśam

Rāma, pierced by many arrows sped from Khara's bow, his limbs bathed in blood, grew exceedingly enraged.

Words: sa — that; rāmo — Rāma; bahubhir — many; bāṇaiḥ — with arrows; kharakārmukaniḥsṛtaiḥ — sped from Khara's bow; viddho — pierced; rudhirasiktāṅgo — his limbs bathed in blood; babhūva — became; ruṣito — enraged; bhṛśam — exceedingly

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.