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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.29.16

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

3.29.16

evam uktvā tato rāmaṃ saṃrudhya bhṛkuṭiṃ tataḥ
sa dadarśa mahāsālam avidūre niśācaraḥ

Having spoken thus to Rāma, and knitting his brow, the night-roamer then caught sight of a great sāla tree not far off.

Words: evam — thus; uktvā — having spoken; tato — then; rāmaṃ — to Rāma; saṃrudhya — having knitted, contracted; bhṛkuṭiṃ — the brow; tataḥ — then; sa — he; dadarśa — saw; mahāsālam — a great sāla tree; avidūre — not far off; niśācaraḥ — the night-roamer

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.