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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.24.10
Araṇya Kāṇḍa, sarga 24: Battle at Janasthāna. The army surrounds and wounds Rāma, his arrows drive it back and Dūṣaṇa rallies the survivors to attack with trees and rocks
In the sequence: Rāma intercepts the missiles with arrows; although wounded and covered in blood, he holds his ground
3.24.10
sa taiḥ parivṛto ghorai rāghavo rakṣasāṃ gaṇaiḥ
tithiṣv iva mahādevo vṛtaḥ pāriṣadāṃ gaṇaiḥ
Rāghava, surrounded by those dreadful hosts of rākṣasas, was like Mahādeva (Śiva) on the festival days, encircled by troops of his attendants.
Words: sa — he; taiḥ — by those; parivṛto — surrounded; ghorai — dreadful; rāghavo — Rāghava; rakṣasāṃ — of the rākṣasas; gaṇaiḥ — by the hosts, troops; tithiṣv — on the (festival) lunar days; iva — as, like; mahādevo — Mahādeva (Śiva); vṛtaḥ — surrounded; pāriṣadāṃ — of the attendants (of Śiva); gaṇaiḥ — by troops
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.