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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.30.11

Araṇya Kāṇḍa, sarga 30: Śūrpaṇakhā reaches Rāvaṇa’s court. The narrative recalls his conquests, tapas and protection from nonhuman enemies, leaving him vulnerable to a human

In the sequence: his past exploits include defeating Vāsuki and Takṣaka, abducting Takṣaka's wife, and seizing the Puṣpaka vehicle from Kubera on Kailāsa

3.30.11

akṣobhyāṇāṃ samudrāṇāṃ kṣobhaṇaṃ kṣiprakāriṇam
kṣeptāraṃ parvatāgrāṇāṃ surāṇāṃ ca pramardanam

a disturber of the unshakable oceans, swift in action, a hurler of mountain-peaks, and a crusher of the gods;

Words: akṣobhyāṇāṃ — of the unshakable; samudrāṇāṃ — of the oceans; kṣobhaṇaṃ — the disturber; kṣiprakāriṇam — swift in action; kṣeptāraṃ — the hurler; parvatāgrāṇāṃ — of mountain-peaks; surāṇāṃ — of the gods; ca — and; pramardanam — the crusher

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.