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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.29.26

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 shoots it into Khara's chest, and Khara falls dead

3.29.26

sa vimukto mahābāṇo nirghātasamaniḥsvanaḥ
rāmeṇa dhanur udyamya kharasyorasi cāpatat

That great arrow, loosed by Rāma who raised his bow, with a sound like a thunderclap, fell upon Khara's chest.

Words: sa — that; vimukto — loosed; mahābāṇo — great arrow; nirghātasamaniḥsvanaḥ — sounding like a thunderclap; rāmeṇa — by Rāma; dhanur — the bow; udyamya — having raised; kharasyorasi — on Khara's chest; cāpatat — and fell

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.