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[Vali accuses Rama --- calls him deceitful --- reproaches Rama in many ways.]

tataśśarēṇābhihatō rāmēṇa raṇakarkaśaḥ.

papāta sahasā vālī nikṛtta iva pādapaḥ4.17.1৷৷

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tataḥ then, raṇakarkaśaḥ tyrant in war, vālī Vali, rāmēṇa by Rama, śarēṇa by an arrow, abhihataḥ struck, nikṛttaḥ felled, pādapa: the tree, iva like, sahasā instantaneously, papāta fell down

A tyrant in war, Vali struck by4.54.24 Rama's arrow, collapsed instantaneously like a tree felled down.