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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.30.7
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
3.30.7
devāsuravimardeṣu vajrāśanikṛtavraṇam
airāvataviṣāṇāgrair utkṛṣṭakiṇavakṣasaṃ
his body scarred by the thunderbolt in the clashes of gods and asuras, his chest ridged with calluses gouged by the tusk-tips of Airāvata;
Words: devāsuravimardeṣu — in the clashes of gods and asuras; vajrāśanikṛtavraṇam — wounded by the thunderbolt; airāvataviṣāṇāgrair — by the tusk-tips of Airāvata; utkṛṣṭakiṇavakṣasaṃ — his chest ridged with calluses
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.