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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.20.10

Araṇya Kāṇḍa, sarga 20: Śūrpaṇakhā challenges Khara. She reports the fourteen deaths, threatens to die and tells him to fight Rāma or abandon Janasthāna

In the sequence: she explains that Rāma killed all fourteen almost immediately and that witnessing it has terrified her

3.20.10

sāsmi bhītā samudvignā viṣaṇṇā ca niśācara
śaraṇaṃ tvāṃ punaḥ prāptā sarvato bhayadarśinī

So I am frightened, agitated, and dejected, O night-roamer; seeing danger on every side, I have come to you once more for refuge.

Words: sāsmi — so I am; bhītā — frightened; samudvignā — agitated, alarmed; viṣaṇṇā — dejected, despondent; ca — and; niśācara — O night-roamer; śaraṇaṃ — for refuge; tvāṃ — to you; punaḥ — again; prāptā — come, arrived; sarvato — on every side; bhayadarśinī — seeing danger

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.