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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.24.4

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: Khara sees Rāma ready at the hermitage and orders his charioteer to drive toward him → the rākṣasa leaders close around Rāma and shower him with weapons

3.24.4

taṃ tu niṣpatitaṃ dṛṣṭvā sarve te rajanīcarāḥ
nardamānā mahānādaṃ sacivāḥ paryavārayan

Seeing him (Khara) sallying forth, all those night-roaming ministers, roaring a mighty roar, closed in around (Rāma).

Words: taṃ — him (Khara); tu — and; niṣpatitaṃ — sallying forth, rushing out; dṛṣṭvā — having seen; sarve — all; te — those; rajanīcarāḥ — night-roamers; nardamānā — roaring; mahānādaṃ — a mighty roar; sacivāḥ — the ministers, attendants; paryavārayan — surrounded, encircled

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.