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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.29.7

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 predicts Khara's death and the freedom it will bring to munis who have lived in fear of Janasthāna

3.29.7

pāṃsurūṣitasarvāṅgaḥ srastanyastabhujadvayaḥ
svapsyase gāṃ samāśliṣya durlabhāṃ pramadām iva

With all your limbs smeared with dust and both arms flung down limp, you shall sleep clasping the earth as one clasps a hard-won mistress.

Words: pāṃsurūṣitasarvāṅgaḥ — all limbs smeared with dust; srastanyastabhujadvayaḥ — both arms fallen slack; svapsyase — you will sleep; gāṃ — the earth; samāśliṣya — having clasped, embraced; durlabhāṃ — hard to win; pramadām — a young woman, mistress; iva — like

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.