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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.23.27

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 surveys the formation and prepares to fight alone.

3.23.27

tasya kruddhasya rūpaṃ tu rāmasya dadṛśe tadā
dakṣasyeva kratuṃ hantum udyatasya pinākinaḥ

Then the aspect of the enraged Rāma appeared like that of the trident-bearing Śiva when he rose up to destroy the sacrifice of Dakṣa.

Words: tasya — his; kruddhasya — enraged; rūpaṃ — form, aspect; tu — indeed; rāmasya — of Rāma; dadṛśe — appeared, was seen; tadā — then; dakṣasyeva — as of Dakṣa's; kratuṃ — sacrifice; hantum — to destroy; udyatasya — of (Śiva) risen up, ready; pinākinaḥ — of the trident-bearer (Śiva)

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.