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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.29.19

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

3.29.19

tam āpatantaṃ bāṇaughaiś chittvā rāmaḥ pratāpavān
roṣam āhārayat tīvraṃ nihantuṃ samare kharam

Cutting it apart with floods of arrows as it flew at him, the mighty Rāma worked up fierce anger to slay Khara in battle.

Words: tam — it; āpatantaṃ — flying at, falling; bāṇaughaiś — with floods of arrows; chittvā — having cut apart; rāmaḥ — Rāma; pratāpavān — the mighty, valorous; roṣam — anger; āhārayat — summoned, worked up; tīvraṃ — fierce; nihantuṃ — to slay; samare — in battle; kharam — Khara

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.