← 3.29.31 · Araṇya Kāṇḍa 29: Rāma kills Khara with Indra’s arrow · 3.29.33 →
Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.29.32
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: the assembled munis rejoice and explain that Indra's earlier visit to Śarabhaṅga and their own arrangements were intended to bring Rāma here to destroy these attackers → they say the tapasvins can now practice safely
3.29.32
tad idaṃ naḥ kṛtaṃ kāryaṃ tvayā daśarathātmaja
sukhaṃ dharmaṃ cariṣyanti daṇḍakeṣu maharṣayaḥ
This task of ours has been accomplished by you, O son of Daśaratha; now the great seers will practice dharma at ease in the Daṇḍaka forests.
Words: tad — that; idaṃ — this; naḥ — our; kṛtaṃ — done, accomplished; kāryaṃ — task; tvayā — by you; daśarathātmaja — O son of Daśaratha; sukhaṃ — happily, at ease; dharmaṃ — dharma; cariṣyanti — will practice; daṇḍakeṣu — in the Daṇḍaka forests; maharṣayaḥ — the great seers
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.