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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.24.14

Bāla Kāṇḍa, sarga 24: Story of Tāṭakā: Birth, marriage and Agastya’s curse. Brahmā grants Suketu a powerful daughter, Tāṭakā marries Sunda and bears Mārīca, their attack on Agastya brings his transforming curses

In the sequence: Viśvāmitra tells Rāma that protecting the population requires killing her despite her being a woman

1.24.14

na hy enāṃ śāpasaṃsṛṣṭāṃ kaś cid utsahate pumān
nihantuṃ triṣu lokeṣu tvām ṛte raghunandana

For no man in the three worlds, save you, O delight of Raghu, dares to slay her, bound as she is by the curse.

Words: na — not; hy — for; enāṃ — her; śāpasaṃsṛṣṭāṃ — afflicted by the curse; kaś — anyone; cid — at all (indef.); utsahate — dares; pumān — man; nihantuṃ — to slay; triṣu — in the three; lokeṣu — in the worlds; tvām — you; ṛte — except, save; raghunandana — O delight of Raghu

Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki, the ādikavi of the ādikāvya: the first poet of the first poem. Sanskrit: The Vālmīki-Rāmāyaṇa: Critical Edition, Oriental Institute, Baroda, 1960–1975 (gen. eds. G. H. Bhatt, U. P. Shah); IAST from GRETIL (Göttingen). Translation and word glosses: Claude Opus 4.6–4.7; summaries and sequences: ChatGPT Astra (machine-made). Numbering follows the Critical Edition, not the vulgate (e.g. Gita Press, valmikiramayan.net), so sarga and verse numbers can differ from those editions.