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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.27.5

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: the two exchange such dense volleys that their arrows hide the sky and sun

3.27.5

jyāṃ vidhunvan subahuśaḥ śikṣayāstrāṇi darśayan
cacāra samare mārgāñ śarai rathagataḥ kharaḥ

Twanging his bowstring again and again, displaying his weapons with skill, Khara, mounted on his chariot, ranged over the courses of battle with his arrows.

Words: jyāṃ — the bowstring; vidhunvan — twanging, shaking; subahuśaḥ — again and again; śikṣayāstrāṇi — the weapons, with skill; darśayan — displaying, showing; cacāra — ranged, moved; samare — in the battle; mārgāñ — the courses, paths (of weaponry); śarai — with arrows; rathagataḥ — mounted on the chariot; kharaḥ — Khara

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.