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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.30.2

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: Seeing the army and its three leaders destroyed, Śūrpaṇakhā cries out and goes to Laṅkā

3.30.2

dūṣaṇaṃ ca kharaṃ caiva hataṃ triśirasaṃ raṇe
dṛṣṭvā punar mahānādaṃ nanāda jaladopamā

and seeing Dūṣaṇa and Khara and Triśiras too slain in battle, she, like a raincloud, once more let out a great roar.

Words: dūṣaṇaṃ — Dūṣaṇa; ca — and; kharaṃ — Khara; caiva — and also; hataṃ — slain; triśirasaṃ — Triśiras; raṇe — in battle; dṛṣṭvā — having seen; punar — again; mahānādaṃ — a great roar; nanāda — roared; jaladopamā — like a raincloud

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.