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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.29.15

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

3.29.15

kālapāśaparikṣiptā bhavanti puruṣā hi ye
kāryākāryaṃ na jānanti te nirastaṣaḍindriyāḥ

For those men who are caught in the noose of Time do not know what should and should not be done, their six senses undone.

Words: kālapāśaparikṣiptā — caught in the noose of Time; bhavanti — are, become; puruṣā — men; hi — for; ye — who; kāryākāryaṃ — what should and should not be done; na — not; jānanti — know; te — they; nirastaṣaḍindriyāḥ — their six senses cast out

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.