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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.28.25

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: promising to avenge the fourteen thousand, he throws the blazing mace

3.28.25

ity uktvā paramakruddhas tāṃ gadāṃ paramāṅgadām
kharaś cikṣepa rāmāya pradīptām aśaniṃ yathā

Having said this, Khara, in utmost fury, hurled at Rāma that richly ornamented mace, blazing like a thunderbolt.

Words: ity uktvā — having said this; paramakruddhas — in utmost fury; tāṃ — that; gadāṃ — mace; paramāṅgadām — richly banded, ornamented; kharaś — Khara; cikṣepa — hurled; rāmāya — at Rāma; pradīptām — blazing; aśaniṃ — a thunderbolt; yathā — like, as

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.