अवष्टब्धधनु रामं क्रुद्धं तं रिपुघातिनम्। ददर्शाश्रममागम्य खरः सह पुरःसरैः॥ तं दृष्ट्वा सगुणं चापमुद्यम्य खरनिःस्वनम्। रामस्याभिमुखं सूतं चोद्यतामित्यचोदयत्॥
avaṣṭabdhadhanu rāmaṃ kruddhaṃ taṃ ripughātinam| dadarśāśramamāgamya kharaḥ saha puraḥsaraiḥ|| taṃ dṛṣṭvā saguṇaṃ cāpamudyamya kharaniḥsvanam| rāmasyābhimukhaṃ sūtaṃ codyatāmityacodayat||
English Meaning
Coming to the asylum, Khara in company with those that went before him, saw that slayer of foes, the enraged Rāma, holding his bow. And seeing him, Khara possessing a shrill voice, raising his bow, commanded to the charioteer to drive towards Rāma, Drive on!
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)