सर्गः २९
In which Rāma answers Khara boasts, fells him with an Indra-given shaft, and sages hail Daṇḍaka made safe for ascetics
Rāma mocks split mace and false tear-wiping boast — Rāma vows Khara will sleep embracing bloody earth — Rāma foretells fearless sages and scattering widows — Khara retorts deathbound Rāma cannot tell right — Khara uproots sāla tree and hurls it roaring — Rāma shreds tree and pierces Khara with thousand shafts — Rāma fells Khara with Indra-given Brahmadaṇḍa-like arrow — Sages hail Rāma as Daṇḍaka protector by sage design — Lakṣmaṇa and Sītā leave cave as Vaidēhī embraces Rāma