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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.29.18

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: he throws it, but Rāma cuts it apart and strikes him with a thousand arrows

3.29.18

taṃ samutkṣipya bāhubhyāṃ vinarditvā mahābalaḥ
rāmam uddiśya cikṣepa hatas tvam iti cābravīt

Lifting it up with both arms and roaring, the mighty one hurled it at Rāma and cried, 'You are slain!'

Words: taṃ — it; samutkṣipya — having lifted up; bāhubhyāṃ — with both arms; vinarditvā — having roared; mahābalaḥ — the mighty one; rāmam — Rāma; uddiśya — aiming at; cikṣepa — hurled; hatas — slain; tvam — you; iti — thus; cābravīt — and said

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.