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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.29.27

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

3.29.27

sa papāta kharo bhūmau dahyamānaḥ śarāgninā
rudreṇaiva vinirdagdhaḥ śvetāraṇye yathāndhakaḥ

Khara fell to the ground, burning in the fire of the arrow, like Andhaka consumed by Rudra himself in the Śveta forest.

Words: sa — he; papāta — fell; kharo — Khara; bhūmau — to the ground; dahyamānaḥ — burning; śarāgninā — by the fire of the arrow; rudreṇaiva — by Rudra himself; vinirdagdhaḥ — utterly burnt up; śvetāraṇye — in the Śveta forest; yathāndhakaḥ — like Andhaka

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.