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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.24.14

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: the Devas, gandharvas, siddhas, and maharṣis grow dismayed at seeing one man surrounded by thousands

3.24.14

viṣedur devagandharvāḥ siddhāś ca paramarṣayaḥ
ekaṃ sahastrair bahubhis tadā dṛṣṭvā samāvṛtam

The gods, gandharvas, siddhas, and supreme seers grew despondent, seeing one man then beset by many thousands.

Words: viṣedur — grew despondent, were dismayed; devagandharvāḥ — gods and gandharvas; siddhāś — siddhas; ca — and; paramarṣayaḥ — supreme seers; ekaṃ — one (man); sahastrair — by thousands; bahubhis — many; tadā — then; dṛṣṭvā — having seen; samāvṛtam — beset, surrounded

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.