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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.27.29

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 jumps down holding a mace → the Devas and munis applaud Rāma's feat.

3.27.29

prabhagnadhanvā viratho hatāśvo hatasārathiḥ
gadāpāṇir avaplutya tasthau bhūmau kharas tadā

His bow shattered, his chariot gone, his horses slain, his charioteer killed, Khara then, mace in hand, leapt down and stood upon the ground.

Words: prabhagnadhanvā — his bow shattered; viratho — without a chariot; hatāśvo — his horses slain; hatasārathiḥ — his charioteer killed; gadāpāṇir — mace in hand; avaplutya — having leapt down; tasthau — stood; bhūmau — on the ground; kharas — Khara; tadā — then

Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki. 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.