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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.22.34
Araṇya Kāṇḍa, sarga 22: Omens on Khara’s march. Blood-coloured rain, darkness and bodily tremors warn of disaster, Khara dismisses them and advances with his leading warriors
In the sequence: Khara drives to the front with twelve leading warriors around him; Mahākapāla, Sthūlākṣa, Pramāthin, and Triśiras follow Dūṣaṇa → the force bears down on the travelers.
3.22.34
sā bhīmavegā samarābhikāmā sudāruṇā rākṣasavīra senā
tau rājaputrau sahasābhyupetā mālāgrahāṇām iva candrasūryau
That army of rākṣasa heroes, of terrible speed, eager for battle, most fearsome, suddenly fell upon those two princes, as grasping planets in a train fall upon the moon and the sun.
Words: sā — that; bhīmavegā — of terrible speed; samarābhikāmā — eager for battle; sudāruṇā — most fearsome; rākṣasavīra — of rākṣasa heroes; senā — army; tau — those two; rājaputrau — princes; sahasābhyupetā — suddenly fell upon; mālāgrahāṇām — of the grasping planets in a train; iva — like, as; candrasūryau — the moon and sun
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.