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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.18.19

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

3.18.19

tau hatvā tāṃ ca durvṛttām upāvartitum arhatha
iyaṃ ca rudhiraṃ teṣāṃ bhaginī mama pāsyati

Having slain those two and that ill-conducted woman, you should return; and this my sister will drink their blood.

Words: tau — those two; hatvā — having slain; tāṃ — that; ca — and; durvṛttām — ill-conducted; upāvartitum — to return; arhatha — you (pl.) should; iyaṃ — this; ca — and; rudhiraṃ — blood; teṣāṃ — their, of them; bhaginī — sister; mama — my; pāsyati — will drink

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.