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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.29.20

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

3.29.20

jātasvedas tato rāmo roṣād raktāntalocanaḥ
nirbibheda sahasreṇa bāṇānāṃ samare kharam

Then Rāma, breaking into sweat, the corners of his eyes reddened with rage, pierced Khara in battle with a thousand arrows.

Words: jātasvedas — breaking into sweat; tato — then; rāmo — Rāma; roṣād — from rage; raktāntalocanaḥ — with reddened eye-corners; nirbibheda — pierced; sahasreṇa — with a thousand; bāṇānāṃ — of arrows; 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.