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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.23.15

Araṇya Kāṇḍa, sarga 23: Rāma prepares to fight alone. He reads the omens as signs of victory, sends Sītā & Lakṣmaṇa into a mountain cave and faces the fourteen thousand

In the sequence: Rāma puts on his armor, takes his bow and arrows, and sounds the bowstring

3.23.15

sā tenāgninikāśena kavacena vibhūṣitaḥ
babhūva rāmas timire vidhūmo 'gnir ivotthitaḥ

Adorned with that fire-like armour, Rāma became, in the darkness, like a smokeless fire blazing up.

Words: sā — he; tenāgninikāśena — with that fire-like (armour); kavacena — with armour; vibhūṣitaḥ — adorned; babhūva — became; rāmas — Rāma; timire — in the darkness; vidhūmo — smokeless; 'gnir — fire; ivotthitaḥ — like (a fire) risen up

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.