Araṇya Kāṇḍa 19: Rāma kills the fourteen · 3.19.2 →

Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.19.1

Araṇya Kāṇḍa, sarga 19: Rāma kills the fourteen. He offers withdrawal, cuts down their fourteen spears with one volley and kills them with fourteen further arrows

In the sequence: Śūrpaṇakhā points out Rāma, Sītā, and Lakṣmaṇa in the hut

3.19.1

tataḥ śūrpaṇakhā ghorā rāghavāśramam āgatā
rakṣasām ācacakṣe tau bhrātarau saha sītayā

Then the dreadful Śūrpaṇakhā, having come to Rāghava's hermitage, pointed out to the rākṣasas those two brothers together with Sītā.

Words: tataḥ — then; śūrpaṇakhā — Śūrpaṇakhā; ghorā — dreadful; rāghavāśramam — Rāghava's hermitage; āgatā — having come; rakṣasām — to the rākṣasas; ācacakṣe — pointed out, showed; tau — those two; bhrātarau — brothers; saha sītayā — together with Sītā

Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki. 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.