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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.30.13

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

3.30.13

purīṃ bhogavatīṃ gatvā parājitya ca vāsukim
takṣakasya priyāṃ bhāryāṃ parājitya jahāra yaḥ

who, going to the city Bhogavatī and defeating Vāsuki, and defeating Takṣaka, carried off Takṣaka's beloved wife;

Words: purīṃ — the city; bhogavatīṃ — Bhogavatī; gatvā — having gone; parājitya — having defeated; ca — and; vāsukim — Vāsuki; takṣakasya — of Takṣaka; priyāṃ — beloved; bhāryāṃ — wife; parājitya — having defeated; jahāra — carried off; yaḥ — who

Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki. 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.