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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.19.2

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

3.19.2

te rāmaṃ parṇaśālāyām upaviṣṭaṃ mahābalam
dadṛśuḥ sītayā sārdhaṃ vaidehyā lakṣmaṇena ca

They saw the mighty Rāma seated in the leaf-hut, together with Sītā (Vaidehī) and Lakṣmaṇa.

Words: te — they; rāmaṃ — Rāma; parṇaśālāyām — in the leaf-hut; upaviṣṭaṃ — seated; mahābalam — the mighty one; dadṛśuḥ — saw; sītayā sārdhaṃ — together with Sītā; vaidehyā — with Vaidehī (Sītā); lakṣmaṇena ca — and with Lakṣmaṇa

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.