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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.29.4

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: Rāma tells Khara that the shattered mace has exposed the emptiness of his threats

3.29.4

yat tvayoktaṃ vinaṣṭānām idam aśrupramārjanam
rākṣasānāṃ karomīti mithyā tad api te vacaḥ

And what you said — 'I shall perform this wiping-away of the tears shed for the slain rākṣasas' — that word of yours too is false.

Words: yat — which, that; tvayoktaṃ — said by you; vinaṣṭānām — of the destroyed, slain; idam — this; aśrupramārjanam — wiping away of tears; rākṣasānāṃ — of the rākṣasas; karomīti — 'I do', thus; mithyā — false; tad — that; api — too; te — your; vacaḥ — word

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.