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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.29.14

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

3.29.14

dṛḍhaṃ khalv avalipto 'si bhayeṣv api ca nirbhayaḥ
vācyāvācyaṃ tato hi tvaṃ mṛtyuvaśyo na budhyase

Truly you are exceedingly arrogant, fearless even amid perils; therefore, in death's grip, you do not discern what should and should not be said.

Words: dṛḍhaṃ — firmly, exceedingly; khalv — indeed; avalipto — arrogant; 'si — you are; bhayeṣv — amid perils; api — even; ca — and; nirbhayaḥ — fearless; vācyāvācyaṃ — what should and should not be said; tato — therefore; hi — indeed; tvaṃ — you; mṛtyuvaśyo — subject to death; na — not; budhyase — you discern

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.