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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.30.8

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

3.30.8

viṃśadbhujaṃ daśagrīvaṃ darśanīyaparicchadam
viśālavakṣasaṃ vīraṃ rājalakṣmaṇalakṣitam

twenty-armed, ten-necked, with splendid attire, broad-chested, a hero marked with the signs of royalty;

Words: viṃśadbhujaṃ — twenty-armed; daśagrīvaṃ — ten-necked; darśanīyaparicchadam — with splendid attire; viśālavakṣasaṃ — broad-chested; vīraṃ — a hero; rājalakṣmaṇalakṣitam — marked with the signs of royalty

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.