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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.29.2

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: Rāma tells Khara that the shattered mace has exposed the emptiness of his threats

3.29.2

etat te balasarvasvaṃ darśitaṃ rākṣasādhama
śaktihīnataro matto vṛthā tvam upagarjitam

This whole sum of your strength has now been displayed, O basest of rākṣasas; weaker than I, you have roared in vain.

Words: etat — this; te — your; balasarvasvaṃ — the whole sum of strength; darśitaṃ — displayed, shown; rākṣasādhama — O basest of rākṣasas; śaktihīnataro — weaker in power; matto — than me; vṛthā — in vain; tvam — you; upagarjitam — have roared, blustered

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.