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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.108.14

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 108: The ṛṣis leave Citrakūṭa. Rākṣasas assault the tapasvins and disrupt their rites, the community departs for another hermitage despite Rāma’s appeal to remain

In the sequence: they appear in frightening forms, assault and defile the tapasvins, lurk around the hermitages, extinguish fires, break pots, and disrupt offerings

2.108.14

darśayanti hi bībhatsaiḥ krūrair bhīṣaṇakair api
nānā rūpair virūpaiś ca rūpair asukhadarśanaiḥ

For they display themselves in disgusting, cruel, and terrifying guises — in manifold shapes, misshapen, in forms unpleasant to behold.

Words: darśayanti — they show (themselves); hi — for; bībhatsaiḥ — disgusting; krūrair — cruel; bhīṣaṇakair api — and terrifying; nānā — manifold, various; rūpair — forms; virūpaiś ca — and misshapen; rūpair — in forms; asukhadarśanaiḥ — unpleasant to look at

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.