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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.29.25

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

3.29.25

sa tad dattaṃ maghavatā surarājena dhīmatā
saṃdadhe ca sa dharmātmā mumoca ca kharaṃ prati

That (arrow), given by the wise Maghavan, king of the gods — the righteous one fitted it to his bow and loosed it at Khara.

Words: sa — he; tad — that; dattaṃ — given; maghavatā — by Maghavan (Indra); surarājena — by the king of the gods; dhīmatā — by the wise; saṃdadhe — fitted (to the bow); ca — and; sa — he; dharmātmā — the righteous one; mumoca — released; ca — and; kharaṃ — Khara; prati — toward

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.