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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.19.24

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.

3.19.24

sā nadantī mahānādaṃ javāc chūrpaṇakhā punaḥ
upagamya kharaṃ sā tu kiṃ cit saṃśuṣka śoṇitā
papāta punar evārtā saniryāseva vallarī

Uttering a great roar, Śūrpaṇakhā swiftly approached Khara once more and, her blood now somewhat dried, fell down again in anguish, like a creeper oozing sap.

Words: sā — she; nadantī — roaring, crying out; mahānādaṃ — a great roar; javāc — swiftly; chūrpaṇakhā — Śūrpaṇakhā; punaḥ — again; upagamya — having approached; kharaṃ — Khara; sā tu — she; kiṃ cit — somewhat, a little; saṃśuṣka śoṇitā — her blood partly dried; papāta — fell; punar evārtā — again, in anguish; saniryāseva — like (a creeper) oozing sap; vallarī — a creeper

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.