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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.18.18
Araṇya Kāṇḍa, sarga 18: Khara sends fourteen rākṣasas. Śūrpaṇakhā demands the blood of Rāma, Sītā & Lakṣmaṇa and leads Khara’s warriors to their hermitage
In the sequence: Khara sends fourteen powerful rākṣasas with orders to kill the travelers and satisfy his sister's demand
3.18.18
mānuṣau śastrasaṃpannau cīrakṛṣṇājināmbarau
praviṣṭau daṇḍakāraṇyaṃ ghoraṃ pramadayā saha
“Two men armed with weapons, clad in bark and black antelope-skins, have entered the fearsome Daṇḍaka forest with a woman.
Words: mānuṣau — two men; śastrasaṃpannau — armed with weapons; cīrakṛṣṇājināmbarau — clad in bark and black antelope-skin garments; praviṣṭau — (the two) have entered; daṇḍakāraṇyaṃ — the Daṇḍaka forest; ghoraṃ — fearsome; pramadayā saha — with a woman
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.