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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.29.17

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

3.29.17

raṇe praharaṇasyārthe sarvato hy avalokayan
sa tam utpāṭayām āsa saṃdṛśya daśanacchadam

Looking all around for a weapon in the fight, he uprooted it, biting his lip. [saṃdṛśya: source reading; sense as saṃdaśya, 'biting'.]

Words: raṇe — in the battle; praharaṇasyārthe — for the sake of a weapon; sarvato — all around; hy — indeed; avalokayan — looking; sa — he; tam — it; utpāṭayām āsa — uprooted, tore up; saṃdṛśya — biting (lit. pressing on); daśanacchadam — his lip (tooth-cover)

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.