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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.27.25

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

3.27.25

śirasy ekena bāṇena dvābhyāṃ bāhvor athārpayat
tribhiś candrārdhavaktraiś ca vakṣasy abhijaghāna ha

With one arrow he struck (Khara) on the head, with two on the arms, and with three crescent-headed arrows he smote him on the breast.

Words: śirasy — on the head; ekena — with one; bāṇena — arrow; dvābhyāṃ — with two; bāhvor — on the (two) arms; athārpayat — then he struck, fixed; tribhiś — with three; candrārdhavaktraiś — crescent-headed; ca — and; vakṣasy — on the breast; abhijaghāna — smote, struck; ha — indeed

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.