Canto 3 -
Araṇya-kāṇḍa
Chapter 27: Rāma Kills Triśirā
Text 3.27.16
ततो हतरथात्तस्मादुत्पतन्तं निशाचरम्।
बिभेद रामस्तं बाणैर्हृदये सोऽभवज्जडः॥
tato hata-rathāt tasmād utpatantaṁ niśācaram
bibheda rāmas taṁ bāṇair hṛdaye so ’bhavaj jaḍaḥ
tataḥ1 hata-rathāt = destroyed chariot; tasmāt = the; utpatantam = as Triśirā jumped off; niśācaram = night-ranger; bibheda = pierced; rāmaḥ = Rāmacandra; tam = that; bāṇaiḥ = with arrows; hṛdaye = in his chest; saḥ = [and] he; abhavat = became; jaḍaḥ = inert.
As Triśirā jumped off the destroyed chariot, Rāmacandra pierced that night-ranger with arrows in his chest [and] he became inert.
1 Technical note: tataḥ bibheda.
Triśirā’s chariot had been destroyed, that is, his horses and charioteer had been destroyed.