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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.2.8

Araṇya Kāṇḍa, sarga 2: Virādha’s attack. The weapon-bearing man-eater seizes Sītā and claims her as his wife, Lakṣmaṇa steadies Rāma and vows to kill him

In the sequence: the travelers encounter a huge, misshapen man-eater wearing a bloodstained tiger skin and carrying an iron spike loaded with lions, tigers, wolves, deer, and an elephant's head

3.2.8

avasajyāyase śūle vinadantaṃ mahāsvanam
sa rāmo lakṣmaṇaṃ caiva sītāṃ dṛṣṭvā ca maithilīm

— all impaled upon an iron spike, as he bellowed loudly; and that Rāma, seeing Lakṣmaṇa and Sītā of Mithilā,

Words: avasajyāyase — having hung upon iron; śūle — on a spike, stake; vinadantaṃ — bellowing, roaring; mahāsvanam — loudly, with great sound; sa — that; rāmo — Rāma; lakṣmaṇaṃ — Lakṣmaṇa; caiva — and; sītāṃ — Sītā; dṛṣṭvā — having seen; ca — and; maithilīm — the princess of Mithilā

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.