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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.30.6

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: the narrator describes his ten heads, twenty arms, royal splendor, and scars from battles with the Devas

3.30.6

devagandharvabhūtānām ṛṣīṇāṃ ca mahātmanām
ajeyaṃ samare śūraṃ vyāttānanam ivāntakam

unconquerable in battle by gods, gandharvas, spirits, and the great seers — a hero, like Death with gaping mouth;

Words: devagandharvabhūtānām — of gods, gandharvas, and spirits; ṛṣīṇāṃ — of the seers; ca — and; mahātmanām — of the great-souled; ajeyaṃ — unconquerable; samare — in battle; śūraṃ — a hero; vyāttānanam — with gaping mouth; ivāntakam — like Death (Antaka)

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.