Chapter 28 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 28

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 28.23

शिरस्येकेन बाणेन द्वाभ्यां बाह्वोरथार्पयत्। त्रिभिश्चन्द्रार्धवक्त्रैश्च वक्षस्यभिजघान ह॥

śirasyekena bāṇena dvābhyāṃ bāhvorathārpayat| tribhiścandrārdhavaktraiśca vakṣasyabhijaghāna ha||

English Meaning

And with one shaft he pierced Khara's head, with two his arms, and with three arrows headed like half-moons, Rāma wounded Khara in the chest.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)