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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.29.22

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: bleeding heavily, Khara rushes straight at Rāma → Rāma steps back and takes a blazing arrow, identified here as a gift of Indra

3.29.22

vihvalaḥ sa kṛto bāṇaiḥ kharo rāmeṇa saṃyuge
matto rudhiragandhena tam evābhyadravad drutam

Made faint by Rāma's arrows in the encounter, Khara, maddened by the smell of blood, rushed swiftly straight at him.

Words: vihvalaḥ — faint, overwhelmed; sa — he; kṛto — made; bāṇaiḥ — by arrows; kharo — Khara; rāmeṇa — by Rāma; saṃyuge — in the encounter; matto — maddened; rudhiragandhena — by the smell of blood; tam — him; evābhyadravad — rushed straight (at); drutam — swiftly

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.