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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.29.5

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

3.29.5

nīcasya kṣudraśīlasya mithyāvṛttasya rakṣasaḥ
prāṇān apahariṣyāmi garutmān amṛtaṃ yathā

I shall carry off the life of you, a base rākṣasa of mean character and false conduct, as Garuḍa carried off the nectar.

Words: nīcasya — of the base; kṣudraśīlasya — of mean character; mithyāvṛttasya — of false conduct; rakṣasaḥ — of the rākṣasa; prāṇān — the life; apahariṣyāmi — I shall carry off; garutmān — Garuḍa; amṛtaṃ — the nectar; yathā — as

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.