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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.30.9

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

3.30.9

snigdhavaidūryasaṃkāśaṃ taptakāñcanakuṇḍalam
subhujaṃ śukladaśanaṃ mahāsyaṃ parvatopamam

resembling glossy cat's-eye gem, with earrings of refined gold, fine-armed, white-toothed, large-mouthed, like a mountain;

Words: snigdhavaidūryasaṃkāśaṃ — like glossy cat's-eye beryl; taptakāñcanakuṇḍalam — with refined-gold earrings; subhujaṃ — fine-armed; śukladaśanaṃ — white-toothed; mahāsyaṃ — large-mouthed; parvatopamam — like a mountain

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.