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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.19.23

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: terrified and furious, Śūrpaṇakhā cries out, returns to Khara, and reports their destruction.

3.19.23

tān bhūmau patitān dṛṣṭvā rākṣasī krodhamūrchitā
paritrastā punas tatra vyasṛjad bhairavaṃ ravam

Seeing them fallen on the ground, the rākṣasī, senseless with rage and terrified, once again let out a dreadful cry there.

Words: tān — them; bhūmau — on the ground; patitān — fallen; dṛṣṭvā — having seen; rākṣasī — the rākṣasī; krodhamūrchitā — senseless with rage; paritrastā — terrified; punas — again; tatra — there; vyasṛjad — let out, uttered; bhairavaṃ — dreadful; ravam — cry, roar

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.