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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.28.26

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: it burns trees and bushes as it flies toward Rāma → Rāma breaks it into pieces with arrows before it reaches him.

3.28.26

kharabāhupramuktā sā pradīptā mahatī gadā
bhasmavṛkṣāṃś ca gulmāṃś ca kṛtvāgāt tatsamīpataḥ

That great, blazing mace, loosed from Khara's arm, reducing trees and bushes to ashes, came near to him (Rāma).

Words: kharabāhupramuktā — loosed from Khara's arm; sā — that; pradīptā — blazing; mahatī — great; gadā — mace; bhasmavṛkṣāṃś — the trees (into) ashes; ca — and; gulmāṃś — bushes, shrubs; ca — and; kṛtvāgāt — having made, came; tatsamīpataḥ — near to him

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.