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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.2.9

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: he rushes at them, lifts Sītā against his body, and draws away

3.2.9

abhyadhāvat susaṃkruddhaḥ prajāḥ kāla ivāntakaḥ
sa kṛtvā bhairavaṃ nādaṃ cālayann iva medinīm

— that rākṣasa, greatly enraged, rushed at them like all-destroying Time at living creatures; and, uttering a terrifying roar as though shaking the earth,

Words: abhyadhāvat — rushed at, charged; susaṃkruddhaḥ — greatly enraged; prajāḥ — at living creatures; kāla — Time; ivāntakaḥ — like the ender (Death); sa — he; kṛtvā — having made; bhairavaṃ — terrifying; nādaṃ — roar, cry; cālayann — shaking, making tremble; iva — as if; medinīm — the earth

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.