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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.17.24

Araṇya Kāṇḍa, sarga 17: Śūrpaṇakhā attacks Sītā. The brothers’ teasing turns to danger, Rāma orders her disfigurement, Lakṣmaṇa cuts off her ears and nose and she flees

In the sequence: screaming and bleeding, she flees to Janasthāna, falls before Khara, and reports the brothers' arrival and her mutilation.

3.17.24

sā vikṣarantī rudhiraṃ bahudhā ghoradarśanā
pragṛhya bāhū garjantī praviveśa mahāvanam

Dreadful to behold, streaming blood on every side, throwing up her arms and roaring, she entered the great forest.

Words: sā — she; vikṣarantī — streaming, gushing forth; rudhiraṃ — blood; bahudhā — in many ways, on every side; ghoradarśanā — dreadful to behold; pragṛhya — having raised, thrown up; bāhū — (both) arms; garjantī — roaring; praviveśa — entered; mahāvanam — the great forest

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.