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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.28.21

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: Khara answers that killing ordinary troops is no reason to boast → he claims that his mace is enough to kill Rāma and cuts the argument short because sunset would interrupt their fight

3.28.21

na tu mām iha tiṣṭhantaṃ paśyasi tvaṃ gadādharam
dharādharam ivākampyaṃ parvataṃ dhātubhiś citam

But you do not see me standing here, mace in hand, unshakable like an earth-supporting mountain heaped with minerals.

Words: na — not; tu — but; mām — me; iha — here; tiṣṭhantaṃ — standing; paśyasi — you see; tvaṃ — you; gadādharam — mace-bearing; dharādharam — an earth-supporting (mountain); ivākampyaṃ — unshakable, like; parvataṃ — mountain; dhātubhiś — with minerals, metals; citam — heaped, covered

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.