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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.28.12

Araṇya Kāṇḍa, sarga 28: Khara’s mace destroyed. Rāma condemns his attacks on the ṛṣis, Khara throws a blazing mace and Rāma shatters it with arrows

In the sequence: he declares that he has come to punish those who harm others and that Khara will now face the fate of his victims

3.28.12

ye tvayā daṇḍakāraṇye bhakṣitā dharmacāriṇaḥ
tān adya nihataḥ saṃkhye sasainyo 'nugamiṣyasi

Those practisers of dharma whom you devoured in the Daṇḍaka forest — them, slain in battle today with your army, you shall follow.

Words: ye — who; tvayā — by you; daṇḍakāraṇye — in the Daṇḍaka forest; bhakṣitā — devoured; dharmacāriṇaḥ — practisers of dharma; tān — them; adya — today; nihataḥ — slain (being slain); saṃkhye — in battle; sasainyo — with your army; 'nugamiṣyasi — you will follow

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.