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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.29.28

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

3.29.28

sa vṛtra iva vajreṇa phenena namucir yathāa
balo vendrāśanihato nipapāta hataḥ kharaḥ

As Vṛtra by the thunderbolt, as Namuci by the foam, or as Bala struck by Indra's bolt — so Khara, slain, fell down. [yathāa: source spelling for yathā.]

Words: sa — he; vṛtra — Vṛtra; iva — like; vajreṇa — by the thunderbolt; phenena — by the foam; namucir — Namuci; yathāa — as, like (source: yathāa); balo — Bala; vendrāśanihato — or slain by Indra's bolt; nipapāta — fell down; hataḥ — slain; kharaḥ — Khara

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.