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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.27.30

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.

3.27.30

tat karma rāmasya mahārathasya sametya devāś ca maharṣayaś ca
apūjayan prāñjalayaḥ prahṛṣṭās tadā vimānāgragatāḥ sametāḥ

That deed of Rāma, the great warrior, the gods and great seers, coming together, applauded — delighted, with palms joined, then assembled at the fronts of their celestial cars.

Words: tat — that; karma — deed; rāmasya — of Rāma; mahārathasya — of the great warrior; sametya — having come together; devāś — the gods; ca — and; maharṣayaś — the great seers; ca — and; apūjayan — applauded, honoured; prāñjalayaḥ — with palms joined; prahṛṣṭās — delighted; tadā — then; vimānāgragatāḥ — stationed at the fronts of their celestial cars; sametāḥ — assembled, gathered

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.