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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.29.13

Araṇya Kāṇḍa, sarga 29: Rāma kills Khara with Indra’s arrow. He shatters Khara’s thrown tree, kills him and hears the ṛṣis’ plan, Sītā returns to embrace him

In the sequence: Khara angrily accuses him of arrogance, looks around for another weapon, and uproots a sāla tree

3.29.13

tam evam abhisaṃrabdhaṃ bruvāṇaṃ rāghavaṃ raṇe
kharo nirbhartsayām āsa roṣāt kharatara svanaḥ

As Rāghava spoke thus, deeply roused, in the battle, Khara — his voice grown harsher out of rage — reviled him.

Words: tam — him; evam — thus; abhisaṃrabdhaṃ — deeply roused, agitated; bruvāṇaṃ — speaking; rāghavaṃ — Rāghava; raṇe — in battle; kharo — Khara; nirbhartsayām āsa — reviled, threatened; roṣāt — out of rage; kharatara — harsher (a pun on Khara's name); svanaḥ — (of) voice, sound

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.