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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.20.8

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

3.20.8

te tu rāmeṇa sāmarṣāḥ śūlapaṭṭiśapāṇayaḥ
samare nihatāḥ sarve sāyakair marmabhedibhiḥ

but all those wrathful ones, spears and paṭṭiśas in hand, were slain in battle by Rāma with arrows that pierce the vitals.

Words: te tu — but those; rāmeṇa — by Rāma; sāmarṣāḥ — wrathful, indignant; śūlapaṭṭiśapāṇayaḥ — spears and paṭṭiśas in hand; samare — in battle; nihatāḥ — slain; sarve — all; sāyakair — with arrows; marmabhedibhiḥ — vital-piercing

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.