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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.27.26

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: with thirteen further arrows, Rāma breaks the chariot's yoke, kills its horses and driver, cuts its pole and axle, destroys Khara's bow, and wounds him

3.27.26

tataḥ paścān mahātejā nārācān bhāskaropamān
jighāṃsū rākṣasaṃ kruddhas trayodaśa śilāśitān

Then afterwards the greatly resplendent one, enraged, seeking to slay the rākṣasa, (took up) thirteen iron arrows bright as the sun, whetted on stone.

Words: tataḥ paścān — then afterwards; mahātejā — the greatly resplendent one; nārācān — iron arrows; bhāskaropamān — bright as the sun; jighāṃsū — seeking to slay; rākṣasaṃ — the rākṣasa; kruddhas — enraged; trayodaśa — thirteen; śilāśitān — whetted on stone

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.